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MASN: Strasburg gives it to Reds and heckling fan

Look who’s talking too heckling fa….Oh, ####…my bad.

Strasburg went 5 and 2/3rds innings allowing three runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out seven batters.

All you need to know about the fire of the competitor that is Strasburg occurred when he was taken out of the game in the sixth.

With the Nats up 7-3, a Reds fan behind the visitor’s dugout was giving it to Strasburg.

As he walked down the stairs to the dugout to high fives from his teammates, Strasburg yelled back “Scoreboard! Scoreboard!” and pointed to the video jumbo screen in left field that showed the Washington lead.

Willie Harris said it pumped him up to hear Strasburg get after the fan and said “Let ‘em have it, Stras!”.

Repoz Posted: July 22, 2010 at 12:12 PM | 22 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Random Transaction Generator Posted: July 22, 2010 at 12:30 PM (#3596066)

I'm just poking around BB-Ref, and it seems that Strasburg now holds the record for most consecutive starts at the beginning of a career (9) where K >= IP for every game (min 5IP).
The previous record holder was Herb Score.

2. Big fan Posted: July 22, 2010 at 01:00 PM (#3596084)

Don't even mention Herb Score when discussing Strassberg. that is worse than saying "no hitter" in the middle of a no-hitter. And we KNOW how that always ends.

3. Eddo Posted: July 22, 2010 at 01:24 PM (#3596101)

that is worse than saying "no hitter" in the middle of a no-hitter. And we KNOW how that always ends.

DeWayne Wise makes a phenomenal catch, and the perfect game is preserved?

4. BringBackTimTeufel Posted: July 22, 2010 at 01:30 PM (#3596107)

that is worse than saying "no hitter" in the middle of a no-hitter. And we KNOW how that always ends.

The greatest genocide in the history of mankind?

Hat tip: M. Kay

Good to see Sliced Bread hasn't lost his high school ways and is still taunting opposing fans. It's cute, really.

5. hokieneer Posted: July 22, 2010 at 01:36 PM (#3596114)

0.5 HR/9
2.5 BB/9
12.4 K/9
5.00 K/BB

Ok, so is he really going to be able to sustain those rates for the rest of the year, and his career. He's just 21 and already has RJ or Schilling like peripherals.

6. Dale Sams Posted: July 22, 2010 at 02:00 PM (#3596132)

Proof that playing to the score exists.

7. Josh1 Posted: July 22, 2010 at 02:13 PM (#3596138)

0.5 HR/9
2.5 BB/9
12.4 K/9
5.00 K/BB

Ok, so is he really going to be able to sustain those rates for the rest of the year, and his career. He's just 21 and already has RJ or Schilling like peripherals.

Amazingly, RJ and Schilling generally couldn't get near that home run prevention rate (granted, I wouldn't extrapolate 54 innings too much). Peak Pedro was better though.

8. hokieneer Posted: July 22, 2010 at 02:20 PM (#3596145)

granted, I wouldn't extrapolate 54 innings too much

yeah I agree, but he's really been consistent with his K/BB, showing amazing control for a 21 year old. Every time he pitches it's ~6 IP, 1-2BB, 7+ K, with variable hits/runs. People who swear by xFip must be slurping up Strasburg.

9. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: July 22, 2010 at 02:20 PM (#3596146)

Willie Harris said it pumped him up to hear Strasburg get after the fan and said “Let ‘em have it, Stras!”.

This seems like dialogue straight out of a 1950s movie.

10. TerpNats Posted: July 22, 2010 at 02:54 PM (#3596181)

Good to see Sliced Bread hasn't lost his high school ways and is still taunting opposing fans. It's cute, really.

Would you rather he'd given the fan the 1995 Jack McDowell treatment?

11. Guapo Posted: July 22, 2010 at 03:01 PM (#3596184)

Willie Harris said it pumped him up to hear Strasburg get after the fan and said “Let ‘em have it, Stras!”.

This constituted Willie Harris' sole contribution to the 2010 Nationals, to date.

12. Chris Dial Posted: July 22, 2010 at 03:10 PM (#3596198)

TerpNats, I just posted a piece for your enjoyment.

13. BringBackTimTeufel Posted: July 22, 2010 at 03:20 PM (#3596210)

Would you rather he'd given the fan the 1995 Jack McDowell treatment?

No, I'd rather he shut his mouth, go back to the dugout, and hope like hell his team wins. That Reds fan is in first place (God, that looks weird), and Stras will be home by Columbus Day.

14. Dale Sams Posted: July 22, 2010 at 03:37 PM (#3596226)

No, I'd rather he shut his mouth, go back to the dugout, and hope like hell his team wins. That Reds fan is in first place

Is he in your fantasy league?

15. Moses Taylor lost his pants to a pair of nines Posted: July 22, 2010 at 03:43 PM (#3596230)

No, I'd rather he shut his mouth, go back to the dugout, and hope like hell his team wins. That Reds fan is in first place (God, that looks weird), and Stras will be home by Columbus Day.

A Dusty Baker team has never blown that large of a lead before, so I understand your confidence. Oh, that's right, the Reds already aren't in first place.

16. Moneyball can't buy you love (Joey B.) Posted: July 22, 2010 at 04:05 PM (#3596257)

No, I'd rather he shut his mouth, go back to the dugout, and hope like hell his team wins. That Reds fan is in first place (God, that looks weird), and Stras will be home by Columbus Day.

Seriously dude, if you're going to rip on a guy that way, you should at least look at the standings first so you don't make a fool out of yourself in the process.

17. Gamingboy Posted: July 22, 2010 at 04:15 PM (#3596273)

In a SI article by Posnanski about Strasburg's AAA start in Rochester, Joe Altobelli was quoted as saying Strasburg reminded him of Herb Score.

I instantly got that uneasy feeling.

18. jdbkaput Posted: July 22, 2010 at 10:15 PM (#3596678)

That Reds fan is in first place

Not for a while now.

19. cardsfanboy

Posted: July 23, 2010 at 05:51 AM (#3596923)

Strasburg went 5 and 2/3rds innings allowing three runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out seven batters.

and that qualifies as good? isn't that worse then the worse performance that Jaime Garcia has managed this year, in three times the number of starts?

20. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: July 23, 2010 at 06:02 AM (#3596932)

isn't that worse then the worse performance that Jaime Garcia has managed this year, in three times the number of starts?

No, unless you're like me and prefer to pretend that interleague starts didn't really happen.

21. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: July 23, 2010 at 06:41 AM (#3596944)

Eh, I don't think this is much of a positive or a negative, but it does help to remind us how young Strasburg still is.

It is interesting that something like this gets viewed as evidence of a "fiery competitor", whereas Lastings Milledge high-fiving the fans after a game-tying home run was construed as a rookie not knowing his place. I don't know if that's due to race or the difference in performance levels, but I thought it was worth noting.

22. Petuniaviles Posted: July 23, 2010 at 08:34 AM (#3596955)

Racism for sure. I just traded Pujols for Youkilis and Strasburg in a keeper fantasy league. Who here cares about my fantasy team?

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