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By the Numbers: Hitting at Safeco might be in Mariners' heads

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Believe it or not, there is some good news about the Mariners' offense.

Jayne: Fire up the DeLorean, we're going back in time

What sports would we change if we could go back in time?

By the Numbers: Rumor has it there's still baseball in Kansas City

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Unlike most versions of baseball's All-Star Game, Tuesday's edition is destined to be historic. It will, after all, remind America that there is a major-league team in Kansas City.

Jayne: Playoff plan still has questions unanswered

Greg Jayne: Commentary

It was a decision destined to alter life as we know it in the United States, a monumental ruling that challenges decades of precedence.

By the Numbers: MVP awards have gone to some unlikely candidates

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Who are the worst of the best among basball's MVPs?

By the numbers: MVP awards have gone to some unlikely candidates

Commentary: Greg Jayne

So, yes, the list of baseball MVPs reads like a Who’s Who. But it also reads like a Who’s That? Because over the years — or at least since the award was first presented in its current format in 1931 — the occasional doppelganger has snuck in there to earn the award.

By the Numbers: Bunting in baseball can be downright medieval

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Let's start with the thesis statement: The bunt rarely is a wise strategy at the major-league level.

Jayne: Don't fret, Blazer fans; it could be worse

Greg Jayne: Commentary

As far as traumatic weeks go for Northwest sports, this past one scored about an 8 on a scale of 10.

By the Numbers: Moneyball helped let undervalued stat out of the bag

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

In retrospect, Billy Beane might have been his own worst enemy.

Jayne: NBA titles not easy to come by

Greg Jayne: Commentary

After years of studying scientific research and compiling anecdotal evidence, I have reached a conclusion: Middle age begins at 47.

By the Numbers: Rivera's No. 1, but is he best among all the positions?

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Let's get this out of the way: Mariano Rivera is the best closer in the history of baseball.

Jayne: Keller wins, and still seeks more

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Even when throwing 227 feet, 11 inches, a distance that most high school throwers couldn't reach in 1 1/2 tosses, Sean Keller expects more of himself.

Jayne: Battle between club, high school sports continues

Greg Jayne: Commentary

One week from now, Washington will have hundreds of newly crowned high school state champions.

Greg Jayne: Decision forfeits fairness, logic

This called for an expert opinion. For some keen insight. For a perspective that was beyond my reach.

By the Numbers: Orioles flying away with AL East ... for the time being

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

There's no better time to provide 20 factoids about the Baltimore Orioles.

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