Stephen Strasburg
« Previous EntriesDMV: Stras Made It Past The 7th!
Friday, May 17th, 2013Strasburg goes a career-high eight innings and Harper homers as Nats beat Pads 6-2. (Did you know, BTW, that Stras’ ERA is down to 2.83?) [WaPo]
Johnny Football was there for the pregame festivities. [For The Win]
A little longread on the high-flying Baltimore Orioles. [Sports On Earth]
Skins to remove gaudy “collars” from white jerseys. [Sons of [...]
DMV: What’s Up With The Nats?
Thursday, April 25th, 2013Nats swept by Cards, fall below .500. [WaPo]
Strasburg loses fourth in a row, is struggling with first-pitch strikes. [Boz]
Noted Cards fan tells Nats fans how to be better fans. [Sports On Earth]
F.P. Santangelo, protector of the Nats, has beef with Doc Walker. [Bog]
O’s lose in 10 to Toronto on a goddamned walkoff walk. [Camden Chat]
It [...]
DMV: Stephen Strasburg Wins His First Major Award
Friday, November 9th, 2012Strasburg, Desmond and LaRoche all win Silver Sluggers. [Nats Journal]
Davey Johnson won a fishing tournament by catching big fish. [Bog]
Adam Jones ringing the closing bell at the NYSE today. [O's Insider]
Josh Hamilton probably isn’t coming to Baltimore, you guys. [O's Insider]
Sean Taylor’s brother is apparently really good at football. [Hogs Haven]
Forget Nov. 30, John Wall [...]
Stephen Strasburg Is Just a Big Pussy Who Needs to Man-Up, Or Something
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012The Strasburg Shutdown Debate (SSD) has grown out of control the last couple weeks. It’s gone from a local discussion to a national debate, with everyone from Ken Rosenthal to Rudy Giuliani offering worthless, straw man opinions that serve to only make SSD more insufferable.
But even more infuriating are the “baseball people” — former [...]
DMV: The Only Thing(s) You Need To Read On Strasburg’s Shutdown
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012Just a flat-out great column on Strasburg’s shutdown. [Thomas Boswell]
More Strasburg reads. [Nats Baseball, Joe Sheehan, Richard Justice]
An excellent primer on the Strasburg shutdown facts. [Nats Journal]
Nats lost to Giants as Madison Bumgarner was awesome. [WaPo]
Rendon promoted to AA, probably won’t get Sept. call-up. [Nats Journal]
Ian Desmond could return from injury as soon as Friday. [...]
DMV: Stephen Strasburg Innings Limit Ad Infinitum
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012Nats players understand Strasburg’s shutdown, aren’t happy about it. [WaPo]
Nats fans don’t seem the least upset about Stras’ innings limit. [Nats Blog]
But what do Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless think about it?!?1?! [Bog]
The Nats pounded the Giants, Vogelsong 14-2 in San Francisco. [WaPo]
Jayson Werth is getting an MRI on his ankle today. [Nats Journal]
Manny [...]
MLB Players: Strasburg Is Weak
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012For some strong words from noted medical experts Jake Peavy and Jeff Francoeur on the Nats possibly shutting Stephen Strasburg down next month, head over to this piece from USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. A sampling:
“I don’t want to put words in their mouth what their veterans are thinking, but it would be very hard for [...]
‘Strasburg Shouldn’t Be Shut Down,’ Says Bad ESPN Logic
Sunday, August 5th, 2012This ESPN Stats & Info blog post (“a must-read for everyone at ESPN”!) is too much to bear, so off we go, Fire Joe Morgan-style …
In all likelihood, 24-year-old Stephen Strasburg’s season will end within weeks with the Washington Nationals likely in a fierce pennant race.
If the Nationals were to reverse course and allow Strasburg [...]
On Lannan Replacing Strasburg
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012One of my favorite baseball happenings of 2012 occurred yesterday, when John Lannan returned from minor-league exile to stop the Nats’ two-game skid and extend their NL East lead to 2.5 games. It was a big game, as far as July goes, both for the team and the man, who was demoted this spring in [...]
8 Nats Things From A Natitude-Filled 2012 MLB All-Star Game
Tuesday, July 10th, 20121. Pregame Intros
Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg each got above-average-sounding ovations, with Harper’s being louder. Gio Gonzalez’ was probably below-average, but he was still smiling, of course.
2. Facial Hair
It seems a lot of baseball players shave their beards up too high on the neck, Gio being one of them. (Nice 1-2-3 inning, BTW.)