Useless Info, All-Star edition 
• Was Jake Peavy the only starting pitcher ever to exit an All-Star Game after just 16 pitches? Could be. Pitch-count info is only available for a little more than a decade. But no starting pitcher, since those pitch counts have been recorded, has left after throwing so few pitches. And according to baseball-reference.com's Play Index, just four other All-Star starters have departed after only one inning without allowing a run:
- Chris Carpenter in 2005 (also with Tony La Russa managing)
Randy Johnson in 2000
Kevin Brown in 1992
Fernando Valenzuela in 1981 (a few days after the end of a seven-week strike)
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Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column, his eclectic "Three Strikes" blog and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.
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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. In 2010, he was honored by the Foster Conference for Distinguished Writers for his books and other work. He is the author of two books, "The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History" (Triumph Books, 2006) and "Worth The Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies" (Triumph Books, 2009).