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This has been a question pondered by everyone else but Giants fans. It may happen eventually, don't get me wrong, but this kid is just a pure athlete. He didn't hit for many years, but he looks better swinging the bat than any Giants pitcher not named Matt Cain. He doesn't ice after games, and he seems pretty much bulletproof. That's not to say that he is bulletproof, as anything can happen, but I think Lincecum uses his body so well that I'd surprised if his arm catastrophically blew up.
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07-27-2010, 08:30 PM | #53 |
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I'm gonna give Riggleman credit if he broke Strasburg this quickly. Never remember a pitcher not being able to get warm.
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07-28-2010, 01:06 AM | #54 |
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I haven't been keeping track of Strasburg's pitch counts, but he's got the kind of pitching motion and the velocity to be an injury concern regardless (if you buy the theories of guys like Chris O'Leary and Kyle Boddy).
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07-28-2010, 07:54 AM | #55 |
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Hey, give the guy credit...he scratched Strasburg's start in front of a nearly packed house for a team that can't give tickets away. That took some giant balls.
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07-28-2010, 08:03 AM | #56 |
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MRI came back negative, so that's good news. They were just being EXTREMELY cautious. I think 95+% of the time the pitcher takes the mound and pitches in this situation - this is just a fairly unique situation.
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I've actually been quite impressed with how the Nats have handled Strasburg. He's going to be shut down anyway so he can just miss a start or two right now instead of later.
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07-28-2010, 01:59 PM | #59 |
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And to make us Nats fans feel better, they had a great game despite scratching Strasburg. Batista and the rest of the bullpen stepped up when they needed to.
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07-28-2010, 03:26 PM | #61 | |
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07-28-2010, 03:28 PM | #62 |
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They'd probably be better off taking the hit on the invariable Tommy John sooner rather than later.
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07-28-2010, 11:36 PM | #66 |
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we enjoyed that....
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07-29-2010, 07:24 AM | #68 |
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I heard no booing... well we booed chipper.
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All the news reports say that they did. I wasn't there that night, though. If they did, it was classless and fairly atypical of Nats fans. Of course, typical Nats fans don't sell out the stadium, these are people that just came to see Strasburg, not the Nationals.
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"precautionary" trip to the DL.
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They are trying to protect their best trading chip for his move in 3 years.
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How much of this is precaution, and how much is trying not to panic the team and/or its fans?
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I think I speak for all Yankee fans when I say "Thank You!" to Washington for taking good care of our 2016 opening day pitcher.
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I forgot about this thread. Sorry. It is hard to keep track of the entire Yankee farm system. I have to constantly monitor information coming out from Washington, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Oakland, Cleveland, Baltimore, Florida, Houston, etc... That is a lot of work.
But the nice thing about being a Yankee fan is that MLB has set up a network where you can not only catch all the Yankee games, but all their minor league games as well. Yeah, its called MLB TV.
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Good to see it isn't hard to push the good lord's buttons
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So long as there's no hint of a nipple.
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Well that was fun while it lasted!
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RendeR and others have said that and worse plenty of times without getting banned. I think any person on this board who called someone a douchebag one time would not get banned. The only people that get banned for personal attacks are repeat offenders. And they're generally blatantly doing it toward Ben because of mod decisions. Particularly with such an accurate sentiment.
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So now that's twice.
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Strasburg on the DL?
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Oh wow, he's done for 2011, too.
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I wonder if ESPN is gonna pick up this story
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Here's a good blog post about the inverted W for anyone needing a refresher. Interestingly enough, both Jeremy Bonderman and Anthony Reyes were listed as pitchers with an increased risk of injury (the post was written several years ago) and the poster was right about both players, who have lost time with arm and shoulder injuries the last few years.
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