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By: josh q. public on: Monday, June 28, 2010 @5:10 pm
(ESPN2 7PM ET) Well, all day long at school I hear how great Strasburg is at this or how wonderful Strasburg did that! Strasburg, Strasburg, Strasburg! That’s right. All Stephen Strasburg all the time, and why the hell not?
In his very first outing, struck out 14 and walked nobody. Just so you know, Nolan Ryan had exactly one game in his entire career with at least 14 strikeouts and zero walks — and it came in his 698th start!
More recently, in his third career start, Strasburg struck out 10 White Sox batters which gave him 32 Ks over his first three starts. For those of you keeping score at home, that was the most for any pitcher in baseball’s modern era (1900 to date). The previous most was 29 by J.R. Richard for the 1971 Astros.
All he did in his last start was throw nine punchados without walking anybody. You heard? No-buh-dee! That marked the third time in his four starts that Strasburg has registered at least nine strikeouts without walking a batter. Those three games with nine-or-more strikeouts and zero walks are the most for any pitcher in the major-leagues this season. In fact, only one other pitcher has done that more than once in 2010: James Shields(twice).
So, Strasburg, Strasburg, Strasburg it is. Get your popcorn ready!
By: josh q. public on: Monday, June 28, 2010 @1:01 pm
I know, I know, two videos in a row. Just downright lazy is what it is. I don’t care. I’ll take each and every chance I can get to stick it to them damn Yankees:
By: josh q. public on: Monday, June 28, 2010 @12:43 pm
In case you missed it, Romanian tennis player Victor Hanescu has been fined £10000 for spitting at fans during his Wimbledon match on Friday. Hanescu did not claim that the fan had used a degrading ethnic slur against him. Lip readers did not contend that the fan called Hanescu “a faggot” as Hanescu was walking away.
By: josh q. public on: Monday, June 28, 2010 @12:05 pm
Don’t let anyone say that it’s just a game. For I’ve seen other teams and it’s never the same. When you’re born in Chicago, you’re blessed and you’re healed. First time you walk into Wrigley Field. -Pearl Jam
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Now I’m as patriotic as the next guy, but I’m secretly glad USA has been knocked out of the World Cup. I’m secretly glad because now we can get back to America’s real pastime. Now we can get back to baseball. Ahhhh, baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Read More »
By: josh q. public on: Monday, June 28, 2010 @11:09 am
Nobody seemed to know where John called home, just drifted into town and stayed all alone. He didn’t say much, he kinda stayed quiet and shy. And if you spoke at all, you just said ‘hi’ to Big John. -Jimmy Dean
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Jon Lester. The very bester. The Red Sox’ bulletproof vester. What can’t this kid do? He does it all. Like the Candyman, he’s loving it all, having a ball and still ends up knockin’ the boots. Knocked the boots yesterday all right. Yesterday, Big Jon Lester tossed a complete game victory over the Giants. Hooray Big Jon Lester! But that’s not all he done did. In the third inning, he also drove in what proved to be the winner winner chicken dinner sacrifice fly. How about that? How about this: Lester was the first Red Sox pitcher to drive in a run while throwing a complete game since Luis Tiant on Sept. 16, 1972. Read More »
By: josh q. public on: Saturday, June 26, 2010 @9:00 am
Everyday the sun’ll shine. Took this dream and made it mine. I’m gettin down one thing that I know. What! We’re untouchable. -DMX
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Edwin Jackson. On the attackson. Cutting no slackson. We all saw it from here to the Iraqson. We all saw Jackson complete the hat trick last night by victimizing the Tampa Bay Rays and making them the first team in major-league history to be no-hit three times within a one-year span. We all saw the first major-league pitcher to throw a no-hitter after having begun that game with at least 15 previous starts that season and an overall ERA of 5.00 or higher. Unbelievable, right? Tremendous, stupendous, incomprehendous, right? Wrong. Read More »
By: josh q. public on: Friday, June 25, 2010 @2:07 pm
Ain’t never count me out. Y’all better count me in. Got 20 bank accounts, accountants count me in. Make millions every year, the south’s champion. All I do is win. -DJ Khaled
Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Just a short quick one. Quick like a Bruce Lee kick one. As we all know by now, with the number one pick, the Washington Wizards selected John Wall. Good for them. Flip Saunders said that John Wall was delivered from heaven. Maybe he was. Hundreds of people lined up on F street waiting on Wall’s arrival. Red carpet, John Wall Dancers, limos, cheerleaders…all of it. Huzzah! While there is no question in my mind John Wall will be a good NBA player, a very good NBA player, he won’t be the best NBA player to come out of this draft. That distinction will go to one Derrick Favors. Mark my words. Mark them I say!. Read More »
By: josh q. public on: Friday, June 25, 2010 @9:00 am
I wish I was little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a ’64 Impala. -Skee Lo
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Dustin Pedroia. The Red Sox Destroyer. Better than Clete Boyer. Loved from here to Illinoiser. Big Papi loves him. Ortiz: “You don’t know how good this kid is, how tough this kid is. Nobody knows. I realize he’s a little guy, like 5-foot-3, but he plays like a giant.” Like Jett Rink. Sometimes, any man can be a giant. Dustin Pedroia thinks he’s a giant: “Strongest 160-pounder in the big leagues!” He proved it last night. He proved it all night, proved it all night. And girl I’ll prove it all night for you. Proved it for you with three bombs. His third bomb being the biggest bomb of them all. His third bomb came in the tenth-inning to give the Red Sox a 13-11 victory at Colorado. How about that? Read More »
I wish I was little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a ’64 Impala. -Skee Lo
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