Stephen Strasburg

by tvnick5 on May 14, 2009 10:35 PM CDT

Stephen Strasburg, the consensus #1 overall pick in this June's MLB draft, was in town tonite. . . if you live in Utah. I went to see him pitch. The dude can bring it. Or, as the Wharvey gals (‘Oh Brother’) say, 'he’s bonafide.' Kind of an off nite, just 10 K's. The Utah hitters were sitting on his #1, and even college guys can hit that if they know it's coming. Didn't see any shattered aluminum. He began mixing with a slider as the game wore on, and that proved to be a potent mix, and generated the K's. He's all business out there, very unlike Evan Longoria a few yrs ago---he seemed to be carrying a mirror in his back pocket. The real disappointment for me was the presence, or lack thereof, of coach Tony Gwynn. He never ventured outside the dugout.

I took some photos, and am unsure why I cannot upload one here. In any case, here's video of the consensus #1. http://aztecchannel.sdsu.edu/media/features/051309_BB_Feature_Strasburg.wmv

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Pretty cool that you got to see him

You should think about posting this one the Nationals blog, too, with any more details you might be able to remember. I’m sure they would like to hear about it.

:) + Suppan = :'(

by NoahJ on May 14, 2009 10:43 PM CDT reply actions

Utah?

man… that’s rough

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on May 15, 2009 6:59 AM CDT reply actions

Love the weather

But there ain’t a whole lot of baseball fans here. No sir.

by tvnick5 on May 15, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Whole lot of people not fans of anything except maybe needle point

by Hyatt on May 16, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions

. . .and their religion

But I ain’t goin’ there.
Actually, you won’t find a better spot for hiking/biking, and trailblazing.

by tvnick5 on May 16, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Uploading photos

If you put them on flickr or photobucket or another image hosting site, you could link to them.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on May 15, 2009 5:50 PM CDT reply actions

I tried to broker a pre-draft trade for Strasburg

but the Nats weren’t interested in my 2004 team-signed Brewers helmet. I even offered to throw in Jamie’s Estrada jersey.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on May 16, 2009 12:48 PM CDT reply actions

That's not fair

They should have to honor any deals Jim Bowden agreed to.

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 16, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Just to add

I wore my Brewers hat (of course) to the game. My plan was to somehow get SS to wear it for a couple of seconds while I took a photo, and publish it MLB-wide. What a hoot that would have been! Alas, security was very tight, and announcements were made that effectively put the kibosh on any kind of (my) nonsense like that.

by tvnick5 on May 16, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions

In a similar vein

Aaron Hicks, 14th-overall pick last year by the Twins:

There was also one of Josh Vitters, the Cubs’ first-round pick in 2007, that I can’t find at the moment.

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 16, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Should've got one of those mini-helmets

And done some camera angle trickery.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on May 16, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

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