Baseball writer at The Athletic. Starkville pod. MLB Net. Winner of 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award. Launched hot dogs with the Phanatic. Living the dreamhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkztjcz24k23RIP to the great John Sterling. What a legend. The Yankees won 2,763 regular-season games between Opening Day 1989 and 7/3/2019 John told us "Theeeeee Yankees win" after all 2,763 of them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkztjcz24k23https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkuuy2s6js2uIt's another great new Starkville! Ron Darling joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking: Mets issues Perils of modern managing '86 Mets tales His favorite all-time pitchers to watch Lots more https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starkville-is-it-ever-too-early-to-fire-a-manager/id1486883874?i=1000765770257 We're now on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wz10xtaxis&t=504s02 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuuy2s6js2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkuuy2s6js2uIt's another great new Starkville! Ron Darling joins me & @dougglanville.bsky.social talking: Mets issues Perils of modern managing '86 Mets tales His favorite all-time pitchers to watch Lots more https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starkville-is-it-ever-too-early-to-fire-a-manager/id1486883874?i=1000765770257 We're now on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wz10xtaxis&t=504s02 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuuy2s6js2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mksu72nkmk2uNew column: Has it hit you yet what we’re watching? Has it sunk in what is happening when Mason Miller takes the mound? We are watching the most unhittable pitcher who ever lived. In this column I set out to prove it, It wasn't even that hard! https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7244775/2026/05/01/mason-miller-stats-padres-closer-mlb-history/01 May 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksu72nkmk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mks5mkp3ks2nNew column from me: Is Mason Miller the most unhittable pitcher who ever lived? "I'd be hard-pressed to see someone do that with a Wiffle Ball.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7244775/2026/05/01/mason-miller-stats-padres-closer-mlb-history/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.alxm.iFQMlmzSBDxO01 May 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks5mkp3ks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkqeaf4zhs2bApril 8, 2014 - Carl Crawford gets walkoff hit for the Dodgers. His manager: Don Mattingly April 30, 2026 - Justin Crawford gets walkoff hit for the Phillies. His manager: Don Mattingly Baseball!30 Apr 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqeaf4zhs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mknlwf36pk2t“When guys are around Donnie, they believe." New from me (unlocked and free to read): You think it looks bleak in Philly right now? Don Mattingly has been there, done this - more than once. And made managerial history along the way. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7240658/2026/04/29/phillies-manager-don-mattingly-challenge-season-dodgers/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.elA.8Zfe.yC2kcuRzfr_F29 Apr 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknlwf36pk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkkvnqewnc25New column (free for all to read): Is it 2022 all over again - when the Phillies fired Joe Girardi? Or is it more like 2012 - the beginning of the end for the last great Phillies team? That was the decision the Phillies had to make when they fired Rob Thomson. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7234197/2026/04/28/phillies-roster-rob-thomson-fired-mlb-history/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.00GB.VPK9g2TTBc-T28 Apr 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkvnqewnc25https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkkvnqewnc25New column (free for all to read): Is it 2022 all over again - when the Phillies fired Joe Girardi? Or is it more like 2012 - the beginning of the end for the last great Phillies team? That was the decision the Phillies had to make when they fired Rob Thomson. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7234197/2026/04/28/phillies-roster-rob-thomson-fired-mlb-history/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.eVA.00GB.VPK9g2TTBc-T28 Apr 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkvnqewnc25https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkgfprbkhc2zTaijuan Walker has won a game for the Phillies more recently than Aaron Nola.26 Apr 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgfprbkhc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkd5kn5aw224New Starkville! Braves manager Walt Weiss on ... The tackle heard round the world Leadership Olson's streak The glove he used for 12 years So much more Plus @dougglanville.bsky.social & I talk ABS weirdness! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starkville-walt-weiss-on-the-tackle-heard-round-the-world/id1486883874?i=1000763554270 And now on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNYMCIl7Io25 Apr 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd5kn5aw224https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkby4asqgs2bLast year’s Phillies: 34-18 on May 24 This year’s Phillies: 8-18 on April 2425 Apr 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkby4asqgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkbxy7kowc2bLast year’s Phillies: 34-18 on May 24 This year’s Phillies: 8-18 on April 2425 Apr 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbxy7kowc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkamklwfis24It's a Weird & Wild tripleheader! *Kevin McGonigle: Future HOF? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223476/2026/04/24/kevin-mcgonigle-tigers-hall-of-fame-comps/ *Ohtani & the 50-50-50 Club https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223671/2026/04/24/shohei-ohtani-50-50-50-club-mlb/ *The week in Weirdness: ABS accidents, shirt eats baseball, 20 in the 1st, Wrigley goose & lots more fun https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223789/2026/04/24/wrigley-field-goose-mlb-abs-challenges-mike-trout/24 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamklwfis24https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkb4xrdcvk24New feature in my Weird & Wild column: Trivia! Jose Altuve just became the 3rd player in the 2000s to play 2,000+ games - all for one team. Can you name the other 2? The answer is in the column. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223789/2026/04/24/wrigley-field-goose-mlb-abs-challenges-mike-trout/?campaign=17750114&source=athletic_thewindup_newsletter&userId=25145924 Apr 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb4xrdcvk24https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mkamklwfis24It's a Weird & Wild tripleheader! *Kevin McGonigle: Future HOF? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223476/2026/04/24/kevin-mcgonigle-tigers-hall-of-fame-comps/ *Ohtani & the 50-50-50 Club https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223671/2026/04/24/shohei-ohtani-50-50-50-club-mlb/ *The week in Weirdness: ABS accidents, shirt eats baseball, 20 in the 1st, Wrigley goose & lots more fun https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7223789/2026/04/24/wrigley-field-goose-mlb-abs-challenges-mike-trout/24 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkamklwfis24https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mk4xbst6ak2qWe have another Tap-off! Cubs-Phillies ends on a Cubs challenge that turns into a game-ending whiff. It’s the 3rd of the season and the second this week! People laughed this spring when I predicted 25 of these this season but we’re right on schedule23 Apr 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4xbst6ak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mk4uwfwz6k2gOpposing hitters vs. Taijuan Walker this season: .353/.417/..657/1.074 Joe DiMaggio the year he hit in 56 games in a row: .357/.440/.643/1.08323 Apr 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4uwfwz6k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mjyz5sp2x226“If you turn it into all robots, then we should just have robots playing as well.” New from me: How soon will MLB let those robot umps call every pitch? Maybe never https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7212986/2026/04/21/mlb-abs-future/21 Apr 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyz5sp2x226https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mjuvksj3os2zWe’ve been waiting for this. The Reds just ended a game on a tap-off! P.J. Higgins challenges and gets a game-ending strikeout. Baseball! (In 2026)19 Apr 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuvksj3os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mju5l2t64k24Starkville is back! Aaron Boone joins @dougglanville and me talking Yankees, his historic ejections streak and his hilarious impressions. Watch on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78A6_AChf8w Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starkvilles-back-with-aaron-boone/id1486883874?i=1000762132556 And anywhere you get your podcasts19 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mju5l2t64k24https://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mjsikp3zvc2lStarkville is now on YouTube! Amazing episode with Aaron Boone https://x.com/jaysonst/status/2045546475417981170/video/1?s=6118 Apr 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsikp3zvc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jaysonst.bsky.social/post/3mjrrjknplc24Starkville is back! @dougglanville.bsky.social and I had a fantastic conversation with our special guest, Aaron Boone. Come for the Yankees talk. Stay for his dead-on Dan Baker impression! Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starkvilles-back-with-aaron-boone/id1486883874?i=1000762132556 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dkpp9PT5sBxEXgHppPEz518 Apr 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:27eihnclsnjw3h55w53g2ur2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrrjknplc24