Buehrle
The On A Perfect Roll Award
You know, "perfection" isn't a word we're allowed to use a lot, in sports or in real life. But we can use that word now to describe Buehrle, author of the 18th perfect game in baseball history, the 16th since 1900 and only the seventh by a left-handed pitcher.To continue reading this article you must be an Insider
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Senior Writer, ESPN.com- Senior writer for ESPN.com
- 21 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer
- Author of two baseball books
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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).