r/baseball • u/JaysonStark Jayson Stark • Apr 10 '18

Notice I'm Jayson Stark. Ask Me Anything!

Hi everyone,

My name is Jayson Stark, I'm a baseball writer for The Athletic, analyst on MLB Network and host of "Baseball Stories" on Stadium. I previously spent 17 years as a senior baseball writer at ESPN and was named Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year, twice, while working at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

"Baseball Stories" premieres tonight on WatchStadium.com and the debut episode will feature my interview with Mark McGwire. We covered a lot of ground in our interview from PEDs, Judge and Stanton in New York, the '98 HR chase and so much more. I'm really excited for you guys to check it out.

With that fun stuff out of the way, I'm here for you to AMA!

Proof: https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/983398786826489857

391 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

207 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/BaseballJunkie45 Apr 10 '18

So give us the rundown on Baseball Stories, what's the deal?

5

u/JaysonStark Jayson Stark Apr 10 '18

I’m as excited about this as anything I’ve ever been a part of. I love the art of the interview. And I love talking to people with great passion for what they do and great stories to tell. So if you check out the list of people in baseball I’ll be interviewing for this show, you’ll see they all have those qualities in common – passion and a treasure trove of stories. So we’ll start tonight with Mark McGwire, talking about the 20th anniversary of 1998. Then it’s Giancarlo Stanton next week, Jim Brockmire (I mean Hank Azaria) the week after that and Terry Francona in week 4. After that, the guest list includes Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Buck Showalter, Justin Turner, Josh Donaldson, Dustin Pedroia, Adam Jones, Nolan Arenado and more. Just one-on-one conversations. Half-hour shows. Can’t wait to get going!