Three Strikes: Who needs an offense edition

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | Print Entry

STRIKE ONE -- OFF-BASE CONTENDER DEPT.

I spent Monday night in AT&T Park, watching the Giants do something they seem to have forgotten is actually legal:

Cross home plate more than twice.

San Francisco Giants

Yessir, the Giants scored nine runs Monday -- nine -- for the first time in any home game since July 9, for just the sixth time in a home game all season and for only the second time in any of Tim Lincecum's last 45 starts. They even had two innings of three runs or more Monday. Before that, they'd had four all month -- in 106 innings.

But now here's what's really interesting:

 
 

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  • Jayson Stark Jayson Stark

    Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.

    Stark also makes regular television appearances on "SportsCenter," "The Hot List" and "Baseball Tonight." He is a regular ESPN Radio guest of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" (Wednesdays), "GameNight" (Thursdays) and the "Sports Bash" (Tuesdays), as well as numerous other shows on the network.

    Before arriving at ESPN, Stark worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years. He was twice named Pennsylvania's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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