Top 10 Useless '30-3' Info 

August, 24, 2007
08/24/07
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So there I was the other day, taking my daughter off to start her freshman year at Syracuse, when a frigging 30-3 game broke out.

How does that happen? I spend my whole life waiting for a game like that, and it erupts on a day I can't possibly take the time to write about it? That's not right.

In fact, the Useless Information Department would like to propose the following rule change: No team shall be permitted to score 30 runs in a game if that game occurs on a day when the Useless Info Department is closed for business. Thank you.

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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, his eclectic "Three Strikes" blog and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.

Stark also makes regular television appearances on "SportsCenter," "Outside the Lines" and "Baseball Tonight." He is a regular ESPN Radio guest of Mike & Mike, the Doug Gottlieb Show, the John Kinkade Show, ESPN Radio tonight and 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. 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).

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