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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 2h

“Those pitches don’t get hit, let alone that high off the foul pole, staying straight for that long.”

Great column from Ken on an amazing October swing by Judge

Ken Rosenthal @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social · 3h

How Aaron Judge’s momentous home run was ‘better than a perfect swing.’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

How Aaron Judge’s momentous home run was ‘better than a perfect swing’

Judge has hit six home runs when facing elimination in the postseason. None resonated like this one.

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3h

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

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 11h

So we will have 4 elimination games tomorrow

Tigers-Mariners at 3 ET
Cubs-Brewers at 5 ET
Yankees-Jaya at 7 ET
Dodgers-Phillies at 9 ET

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 12h

on the Aaron Judge home run off the pole:

99.7 MPH is the fastest pitch he's ever hit for a homer

1.2 feet is the furthest-inside pitch he's ever hit for a homer

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 15h

Players who have homered in at least 3 straight postseason games against the Yankees:

Vlad Guerrero Jr. 2025 - 3
Freddie Freeman 2024 - 4
Randy Arozarena 2020 - 3
Bengie Molina 2005 - 3
Juan Gonzalez 1996 - 4

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 20h

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...

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 1d

New column:

For 6 months, the Phillies' formula to win was simple

They had a better starting pitcher than you
Their stars were better than your stars
Their home-field advantage was better than your home-field advantage

Then the Dodgers came to town
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Phillies on the brink: Star-studded Dodgers proving to be nightmare NLDS matchup

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 1d

New column:

For 6 months, the Phillies' formula to win was simple

They had a better starting pitcher than you
Their stars were better than your stars
Their home-field advantage was better than your home-field advantage

Then the Dodgers came to town
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Phillies on the brink: Star-studded Dodgers proving to be nightmare NLDS matchup

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 1d

Shohei Ohtani in Game 1:
1 hit to the last 17 hitters he faced

Blake Snell in Game 2:
0 hits to the first 13 hitters he's faced

1 hit allowed to 30 hitters
That's what the Dodgers starters have been doing to everyone for the last 4 weeks

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 1d

An incredible stat through the first 3 innings:

11 swings by the Phillies' at Blake Snell non-fastballs
11 misses

There hasn't been a good swing at Snell yet

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 2d

“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...

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 2d

The first 4 innings in Toronto:

Blue Jays - 11 runs

Yankees - 2 balls in play

One of the most shocking games in both teams’ postseason history

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

Before last night happened, the Phillies had played 20 postseason games in Philadelphia where they took a lead of 3+ innings into the 6th inning.

Their record in those games was 19-1, with the fabled 15-14 game in the ‘93 World Series as the only loss.

Now…make that 19-2

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

New LDS Weird & Wild!

A guy who hit 55 HR got to pitch!

The Brewers paraded 20 hitters to the plate in 2 innings!

The Blue Jays did something they’d barely done since Joe Carter’s HR!

And the Tigers are now asking: Collapse? What collapse?

Plus...weirdest K ever?
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

MLB Division Series Day 1: Weird & Wild highlights from watching all 1,421 pitches

From Brewers magic to a Tigers triumph, I watched 1,421 pitches go roaring toward home plate on one of the great baseball days of the year.

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

New LDS Weird & Wild!

A guy who hit 55 HR got to pitch!

The Brewers paraded 20 hitters to the plate in 2 innings!

The Blue Jays did something they’d barely done since Joe Carter’s HR!

And the Tigers are now asking: Collapse? What collapse?

Plus...weirdest K ever?
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

MLB Division Series Day 1: Weird & Wild highlights from watching all 1,421 pitches

From Brewers magic to a Tigers triumph, I watched 1,421 pitches go roaring toward home plate on one of the great baseball days of the year.

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

Yankees starting pitching in this postseason

Game 1 - Max Fried 6.1 innings
Game 2 - Carlos Rodon 6 innings
Game 3 - Cam Schlittler 8 innings
Today - Luis Gil 8 outs

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

Pitch counts today:

Freddy Peralta - 79 pitches to get through 5 innings

The Cubs - 78 pitches to get through the first inning

What a crazy baseball game

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 3d

Let's sum up the first 2 innings in Milwaukee.

Brewers:
20 hitters came to bat
14 of them reached base
9 runs
3 hits by Jackson Chourio in 2 innings

Cubs:
2 guys in their lineup haven't even gotten an AB yet!

It's the most Brewers game ever

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 4d

Here are the Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday game times for every series in this round

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 4d

MLB has announced game times for the rest of the Phillies-Dodgers NLDS. Here's every game:

Game 1 (tomorrow): 6:38 ET/3:38 PT
Game 2 (Monday): 6:08 ET/3:08 PT
Game 3 (Wednesday): 9:08 ET/6:08 PT
Game 4 (Thursday): 6:08 ET/3:08 PT
Game 5 (Oct 11): 8:08 ET/5:08 PT

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 5d

8+ shutout innings, 12+ K in a potential Oct. elimination game:

Joe Coleman, Tigers, 9 IP, 14 K, 1972 ALCS
Cam Schlittler, Yankees, 8 IP, 12 K, tonight

That’s all, folks

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 6d

If that bases-loaded no-out situation looked familiar to Alex Cora last night, I unearthed the reason for that in this column!

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 6d

What a way to kick off the postseason!

Bases-loaded Chap-mania
What Skubal did that no Cy Young ever has
Another Ohtani first
The return of "Go, Cubs, Go"
A .197 hitter batting cleanup?
Tarik Skubal walked who?

It's a Wild Card edition of Weird & Wild!

www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

Yankees-Red Sox loads up drama, Skubal strikes again, Ohtani’s 829 ft. of homers: MLB playoffs Day 1

I don’t know how you spent your day Tuesday. But I know how I spent mine … by watching postseason baseball for 11 hours and eight minutes.

www.nytimes.com

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 7d

What a way to kick off the postseason!

Bases-loaded Chap-mania
What Skubal did that no Cy Young ever has
Another Ohtani first
The return of "Go, Cubs, Go"
A .197 hitter batting cleanup?
Tarik Skubal walked who?

It's a Wild Card edition of Weird & Wild!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...

Weird & Wild: Yanks-Red Sox loads up drama, Skubal strikes again, Ohtani's 829 ft. of homers

www.nytimes.com

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