Jayson Stark
@jaysonst
Baseball writer at The Athletic. Starkville pod. MLB Net. Winner of 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award. Launched hot dogs with the Phanatic. Living the dream
New column after another cool Induction Weekend: Here's an idea for powers that be. Can they hold all future labor negotiations in the Hall of Fame plaque gallery, with Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and the legends staring at them? Unlocked and free to read www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
One of my favorite daily sights in Cooperstown: Ichiro heading out to take batting practice!
It's an All-Star edition of Weird & Wild The most dominating all-star pitching show ever! Some wild Phillies all-star stats The Dodger who made history wasn't the one you expected And lots more! (Unlocked and free for all to read) www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...
"This is about winning." Great new Starkville @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social to talk: Tigers & Skubal A strange deadline Looking back at a wild first half Predicting the future! YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkvI... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3yBu...
It's that time again. Time to hand out my... MVPs LVPs Cy Youngs Cy Yuks And all those midseason awards you've waited all season to totally agree with. You're welcome, America Unlocked and free for all to read www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
We don't pay much attention to player voting for the all-star teams but it's interesting! Kyle Schwarber got more DH votes than Shohei Ohtani (554-536) Matt Olson got more 1B votes than Freddie Freeman (421-296) Dillon Dingler got more C votes than Shea Langeliers (777-501)
"The birthplace of boo." On this 4th of July, the great Boog Sciambi joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social on a fun new Starkville The Cubs: never normal Mozzarella sticks! PCA & the SB furor Lots more hilarity YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4yT... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/3ANh...
"I do try to remind myself we're watching that Babe Ruth,Ted Williams biography being written in real time" ICYMI Great Starkville! Joe Davis on telling the story of Ohtani - & history unfolding in front of our eyes YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZv... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7Lgv...
"I do try to remind myself we're watching that Babe Ruth,Ted Williams biography being written in real time" New Starkville! Joe Davis on telling the story of Ohtani - & history unfolding in front of his/our eyes Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/7Lgv... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZv...
Great new Starkville The always thoughtful JT Realmuto joins me and @dougglanville.bsky.social to take us inside: Phillies manager switch How ABS has changed the game Sanchez! Facing Miz Why Freeman kicked dirt on him Schwarber’s other 3 True Outcomes Lots more podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
The Miz has already thrown 30 fastballs at 100+ tonight. It’s the fourth inning.
103.6 was only Mize’s FIFTH hardest fastball of that first inning. Incredible
OK one more gift idea. My friends at Home Fields sell these cool, LED-lit, 3-D stadium replicas of 49 ballparks, past and present, like this Citizens Bank park model on my shelf. Plus football & basketball My name JAYSON gets you 10 percent off! homefields.com
My buddies from Baseball BBQ have enlisted me to keep getting the word out about their custom BBQ tools. They're great. I love my own set, pictured here. And I've given them for gifts many times. Drop the code "Baseball20" at checkout and get 20 percent off
Another tremendous baseball book recommendation: The Steinbrenner tales in this book by the great Mike Vaccaro are so, so good. A great gift for your favorite Yankees fan - or baseball fan.
Looking for a Father's Day or graduation gift? Of course you are. I'll try to help. First, off this incredible profile of Nolan Ryan by my friend Tim Brown is one of the best baseball bios ever written. Highly recommended!
It's another fantastic Starkville! Brewers GM Matt Arnold tells me & @dougglanville.bsky.social about the Brewers' secret sauce (literally), Miz's greatness, an epic Murph tale & so much more. Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2fM...
The Phillies almost tied a record that no team wants to set. Yesterday, they finally broke a nearly impossible streak -- of 14 straight games with either one or no hits with runners in scoring position The longest known streak (since 1974) is 15, by the 2021 Padres H/T - @schmenk.bsky.social
Most consecutive batters faced without allowing a run, live-ball era: Orel Hershiser, 217 Don Drysdale, 214 Cristopher Sanchez, 190
"Am I allowed to say that on this podcast?" Nobody thinks about baseball or broadcasts baseball quite like the great Jason Benetti So it was awesome to have him join me & @dougglanville.bsky.social on a fun new Starkville podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHWu...
Cool graduation/Fathers Day gift alert! I never saw old Crosley Field. But it's one of 49 ballpark replicas, old & new, from my friends at Home Fields. LED-lit, 3-D replicas from MLB, NFL, hoops, colleges & more. Enter my name JAYSON & get 10 % off! homefields.com
Also this week: In honor of the trade of the year, Doug & I pick... The All-Zoo Team! More places to find this incredible Starkville episode with Joey Votto telling stories he's never told: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1pdc... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv5b...
Check out one of my favorite Starkville shows ever Joey Votto joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social What he learned from world travels Amazing insights on ABS, Ohtani, Harper, etc Ending to his career he wishes he'd had Lots more! Nobody thinks like this guy! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
It's another fun new Starkville! Mark DeRosa tells awesome Bobby Cox stories, but also ... Al Leiter hijacks the show to tell @dougglanville.bsky.social: "This guy owned me." Plus another classic Strange But True Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1K0r...
Great charity event tonight! I'll be moderating a Q and A with the Phillies' principal owner, John Middleton. 7:30-9 pm at the Mullen Center for the Performing Arts at Villanova Proceeds support Main Line School Night. Still some tickets available! mainlineschoolnight.org/visionary2026/
"I think I'm smart enough to know I've come to a place where when things go wrong it's not, hey, who screwed up, it's how we make it better" Great new Starkville! Terry Francona visits me & @dougglanville.bsky.social Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbX...
This week's Weird & Wild special: Oneil Cruz hit a HR that landed on top of the foul pole. People (not me) said: That's impossible! But was it really? I asked AI - and a physicist, who told me: "The moon landing is probably easier.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/726...
It's another great new Starkville! Ron Darling joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking: Mets issues Perils of modern managing '86 Mets tales His favorite all-time pitchers to watch Lots more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... We're now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wz1...
New column: Has it hit you yet what we’re watching? Has it sunk in what is happening when Mason Miller takes the mound? We are watching the most unhittable pitcher who ever lived. In this column I set out to prove it, It wasn't even that hard! www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...