Sandwich Awards: Phillips hits through the pain 

September, 4, 2009
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Grab a loaf of bread. Raid your fridge. And hunker down for another eagerly awaited edition of the Generic Sandwich Awards. But first, it's the …

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Cole Hamels

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• The Phillies' Cole Hamels threw a complete-game two-hit shutout and stole a base Tuesday. And gang, you don't see that daily double much.

He's the first to do both since Scott Garrelts on June 16, 1990. But Garrelts' SB came on the back end of a double steal, so Hamels was the first to throw a shutout and pull off a straight steal since Greg Maddux did it (as a Cub) on June 18, 1988. Most amazing of all: Hamels was the first to pilfer a base during a two-hit shutout since ESPN's own Orel Hershiser two-hit the Padres and stole third on April 21, 1985.


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Jayson Stark
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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.

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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