'That's Debatable,' with Jayson Stark

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The NL East gets all the press
Published 7/21/2008 by Andrew Vazzano (noreply@blogger.com) at The 'Ropolitans :: NY Mets Baseball Blog
... Jayson Stark gets absolutely blasted by Mets fans in his "That's Debatable" column where he breaks down the National League East. (Spoiler: He picked the Phillies to win it) Read the comments for the angry fans from New York. ...

The Team to Beat
Published 7/21/2008 at Mike's Mets
With the Phillies rolling into town tomorrow for a three-game series, the question arises as to which team is the favorite to capture the NL East with 63 games to go. NJ.com links to a Jayson Stark chat on ESPN where Stark comes to the following conclusion: The fashionable choice would be to pick the Mets, but I'm not going to let the last couple of weeks talk me into that. If I line up the Mets and Phillies, I'm hard-pressed to find an area in which I think the Mets are substantially better. The Phillies have outscored them, outpitched them and ...

Linkage
Published 7/21/2008 by Cormac (noreply@blogger.com) at BOSTON IRISH
... In this ESPN article, Jayson Stark breaks down the race for the NL East, discussing with the public which team from the Mets, Phillies and Marlins should take the crown. Interesting back and forth. The Mets fans who comment come across as really docile, however! ...

Stark Picks Phils
Published 7/22/2008 by metsfan73 (noreply@blogger.com) at 24 Hours From Suicide...A Day In The Life of a Met Fan
... ESPN's Jayson Stark picks the Philadelphia Phillies to win the National League East this year. He states that the Cheese Steaks fielding and hitting will be enough to win the division, though their starting pitching doesn't quite match up with the Mets. Stark avoids stating that the Mets hold a season 7-3 edge. ...

Ho-hum....another day and more baseless claims.
Published 7/22/2008 by mr. met (noreply@blogger.com) at the metropolitans
Mets vs. Phillies vs. Marlins Len from Manhattan: And Delgado vs. Howard is closer than you think, no? SportsNation Jayson Stark: (1:18 PM ET ) How is Delgado/Howard closer than I think? We're talking a 30-RBI difference (and 11 homers). And nearly an 80 point difference in hitting with RISP. Sorry, Len. Not seeing that one. Sometimes something so painful has to be written. No matter how much you want to resist the urge, there is simply no other recourse. Carlos Delgado has an OPS+ of 116 ...