Jayson Stark
@jaysonst.bsky.social
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
The heck with your fantasy football team. Starkville trivia is back!
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So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread, & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
Want to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Of course you do
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This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The heck with your fantasy football team. Starkville trivia is back!
Want to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Of course you do
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread, & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
Want to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Of course you do
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread, & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
Starkville trivia is back!
Want a shot to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Can't beat that for fun
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
Want a shot to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Can't beat that for fun
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
November 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Starkville trivia is back!
Want a shot to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Can't beat that for fun
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
Want a shot to stump me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with baseball #trivia *live* on our show? Can't beat that for fun
So hit us with a fun question, by replying in this thread & you could join us
This week's suggestion: World Series teams!
"Maybe it's Bregman"
What do the Phillies do next?
On the new Starkville, @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking
Greatest World Series ever?
Big offseason stories
Who's getting traded
Why we don't sleep in October
And lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
What do the Phillies do next?
On the new Starkville, @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking
Greatest World Series ever?
Big offseason stories
Who's getting traded
Why we don't sleep in October
And lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Maybe it's Bregman"
What do the Phillies do next?
On the new Starkville, @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking
Greatest World Series ever?
Big offseason stories
Who's getting traded
Why we don't sleep in October
And lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
What do the Phillies do next?
On the new Starkville, @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking
Greatest World Series ever?
Big offseason stories
Who's getting traded
Why we don't sleep in October
And lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
The emotion of an epic Game 7 is written all over the face of Yoshinobu Yamamoto as he embraces his family. Wow.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The emotion of an epic Game 7 is written all over the face of Yoshinobu Yamamoto as he embraces his family. Wow.
When I roam around the field before what could be the last game of the World Series, I always ask:
What great thing am I going to see tonight?
Whatever it is, it might involve the guy wearing all this stuff
#Vladdy
What great thing am I going to see tonight?
Whatever it is, it might involve the guy wearing all this stuff
#Vladdy
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
When I roam around the field before what could be the last game of the World Series, I always ask:
What great thing am I going to see tonight?
Whatever it is, it might involve the guy wearing all this stuff
#Vladdy
What great thing am I going to see tonight?
Whatever it is, it might involve the guy wearing all this stuff
#Vladdy
I'm going to nominate this as the most illegible scorecard I've ever scrawled.
Had to keep finding places to add innings. Not sure that worked real well.
But this is what 18 innings of World Series history looked like!
Or something like that
Had to keep finding places to add innings. Not sure that worked real well.
But this is what 18 innings of World Series history looked like!
Or something like that
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm going to nominate this as the most illegible scorecard I've ever scrawled.
Had to keep finding places to add innings. Not sure that worked real well.
But this is what 18 innings of World Series history looked like!
Or something like that
Had to keep finding places to add innings. Not sure that worked real well.
But this is what 18 innings of World Series history looked like!
Or something like that
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Mookie Betts never stops working
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Mookie Betts never stops working
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Mookie Betts never stops working
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Mookie Betts never stops working
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Moookie Betts never stops working
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an otherwise empty stadium on Oct. 25, Moookie Betts never stops working
The first human giant flag in World Series history.
Very cool
Very cool
October 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The first human giant flag in World Series history.
Very cool
Very cool
"It doesn't have to lead to a work stoppage."
It's another fantastic Starkville, with Steve Phillips & Ned Colletti joining me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with GM perspective on:
Are the Dodgers really ruining baseball?
Game 7
Vlad
Ohtani
World Series preview
Lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
It's another fantastic Starkville, with Steve Phillips & Ned Colletti joining me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with GM perspective on:
Are the Dodgers really ruining baseball?
Game 7
Vlad
Ohtani
World Series preview
Lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"It doesn't have to lead to a work stoppage."
It's another fantastic Starkville, with Steve Phillips & Ned Colletti joining me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with GM perspective on:
Are the Dodgers really ruining baseball?
Game 7
Vlad
Ohtani
World Series preview
Lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
It's another fantastic Starkville, with Steve Phillips & Ned Colletti joining me & @dougglanville.bsky.social with GM perspective on:
Are the Dodgers really ruining baseball?
Game 7
Vlad
Ohtani
World Series preview
Lots more
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
My office for the rest of the week.
Dodger Stadium. Nothing like it on Planet Baseball
Dodger Stadium. Nothing like it on Planet Baseball
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My office for the rest of the week.
Dodger Stadium. Nothing like it on Planet Baseball
Dodger Stadium. Nothing like it on Planet Baseball
"Because this has never happened ever ... ever ... ever!"
We just dropped a great new Starkville
Brian Anderson & Lauren Shehadi joined me & @dougglanville.bsky.social - and let's just say we talked for a long time about 8-6-2 "ground ball" DPs!
pod.fo/e/33d441http...
We just dropped a great new Starkville
Brian Anderson & Lauren Shehadi joined me & @dougglanville.bsky.social - and let's just say we talked for a long time about 8-6-2 "ground ball" DPs!
pod.fo/e/33d441http...
October 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Because this has never happened ever ... ever ... ever!"
We just dropped a great new Starkville
Brian Anderson & Lauren Shehadi joined me & @dougglanville.bsky.social - and let's just say we talked for a long time about 8-6-2 "ground ball" DPs!
pod.fo/e/33d441http...
We just dropped a great new Starkville
Brian Anderson & Lauren Shehadi joined me & @dougglanville.bsky.social - and let's just say we talked for a long time about 8-6-2 "ground ball" DPs!
pod.fo/e/33d441http...
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
October 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How big time are Pat Murphy's famous pocket pancakes?
You can now buy them at the concession stands here in Milwaukee!
You can now buy them at the concession stands here in Milwaukee!
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How big time are Pat Murphy's famous pocket pancakes?
You can now buy them at the concession stands here in Milwaukee!
You can now buy them at the concession stands here in Milwaukee!
"That's what the Blue Jays are. They're the American League version of the Brewers."
New Starkville! Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
New Starkville! Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"That's what the Blue Jays are. They're the American League version of the Brewers."
New Starkville! Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
New Starkville! Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
The playoff Dodgers are "a team that we did not see during the regular season"
On the new Starkville, Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
On the new Starkville, Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The playoff Dodgers are "a team that we did not see during the regular season"
On the new Starkville, Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
On the new Starkville, Eduardo Perez & Tim Kurkjian make us laugh & think with great October insight
They also talk future of baseball on ESPN - & booking copters, not Ubers!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper & Trea Turner are 2 for 21, with 11 strikeouts and 4 walks, in this NLDS.
So for my column today in @theathletic.com I asked Schwarber: Have your stars done enough in this series?
He was as accountable as ever.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
So for my column today in @theathletic.com I asked Schwarber: Have your stars done enough in this series?
He was as accountable as ever.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
October 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper & Trea Turner are 2 for 21, with 11 strikeouts and 4 walks, in this NLDS.
So for my column today in @theathletic.com I asked Schwarber: Have your stars done enough in this series?
He was as accountable as ever.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
So for my column today in @theathletic.com I asked Schwarber: Have your stars done enough in this series?
He was as accountable as ever.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Great NLDS reading in @theathletic.com
@mattgelb.bsky.social on another painful Phillies October nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@fabianardaya.bsky.social on that bunt - & Mookie nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Also, I wrote!
nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@mattgelb.bsky.social on another painful Phillies October nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@fabianardaya.bsky.social on that bunt - & Mookie nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Also, I wrote!
nytimes.com/athletic/669...
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great NLDS reading in @theathletic.com
@mattgelb.bsky.social on another painful Phillies October nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@fabianardaya.bsky.social on that bunt - & Mookie nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Also, I wrote!
nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@mattgelb.bsky.social on another painful Phillies October nytimes.com/athletic/669...
@fabianardaya.bsky.social on that bunt - & Mookie nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Also, I wrote!
nytimes.com/athletic/669...
“It’s like having the answers to the test."
Thanks to Andy Pages and Matt Strahm, October pitch-tipping is a massive topic right now.
Read this incredibly in-depth piece from @TheAthleticMLB and you'll understand why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Thanks to Andy Pages and Matt Strahm, October pitch-tipping is a massive topic right now.
Read this incredibly in-depth piece from @TheAthleticMLB and you'll understand why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“It’s like having the answers to the test."
Thanks to Andy Pages and Matt Strahm, October pitch-tipping is a massive topic right now.
Read this incredibly in-depth piece from @TheAthleticMLB and you'll understand why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Thanks to Andy Pages and Matt Strahm, October pitch-tipping is a massive topic right now.
Read this incredibly in-depth piece from @TheAthleticMLB and you'll understand why.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...
Here are the Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday game times for every series in this round
October 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here are the Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday game times for every series in this round
If that bases-loaded no-out situation looked familiar to Alex Cora last night, I unearthed the reason for that in this column!
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If that bases-loaded no-out situation looked familiar to Alex Cora last night, I unearthed the reason for that in this column!
"I want to get away from the numbers. I want to take a look at the "valuable" part."
New Starkville! We invited the voice of the Mariners, Rick Rizzs, and the voice of the Yankees, Dave Sims, to join us to talk postseason.
A wild MVP debate broke out!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
New Starkville! We invited the voice of the Mariners, Rick Rizzs, and the voice of the Yankees, Dave Sims, to join us to talk postseason.
A wild MVP debate broke out!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"I want to get away from the numbers. I want to take a look at the "valuable" part."
New Starkville! We invited the voice of the Mariners, Rick Rizzs, and the voice of the Yankees, Dave Sims, to join us to talk postseason.
A wild MVP debate broke out!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
New Starkville! We invited the voice of the Mariners, Rick Rizzs, and the voice of the Yankees, Dave Sims, to join us to talk postseason.
A wild MVP debate broke out!
theathletic.lnk.to/windTX
4 players have hit 3 HR in a game in September.
And it's exactly who you'd expect
Kody Clemens Sept 13
Dominic Canzone Sept 16
Edmundo Sosa Sept 24
Luis Garcia Jr. Sept 26
Baseball is amazing
And it's exactly who you'd expect
Kody Clemens Sept 13
Dominic Canzone Sept 16
Edmundo Sosa Sept 24
Luis Garcia Jr. Sept 26
Baseball is amazing
September 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
4 players have hit 3 HR in a game in September.
And it's exactly who you'd expect
Kody Clemens Sept 13
Dominic Canzone Sept 16
Edmundo Sosa Sept 24
Luis Garcia Jr. Sept 26
Baseball is amazing
And it's exactly who you'd expect
Kody Clemens Sept 13
Dominic Canzone Sept 16
Edmundo Sosa Sept 24
Luis Garcia Jr. Sept 26
Baseball is amazing