The Official Stephen Strasburg MLB Debut Thread
 

Tonight's the night. Discuss here

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If you are a betting man Bodog has some lines:

Total wins in the 2010 Regular Season?
Over 7 1/2 (Even)
Under 7 1/2 (-130)

What will be the result of his first called pitch?
Ball +120
Strike -150

Total strikeouts in the game
Over 5 1/2 (-130)
Under 5 1/2 (Even)

Total innings pitched in the game
Over 6 (-130)

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Mike Stanton of the Florida Marlins is debuting today as well. He has a chance to be a Ryan Howard type. Should be a good day for baseball. woooooooooooo!

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[quote=mredskins;705272]If you are a betting man Bodog has some lines:

Total wins in the 2010 Regular Season?
Over 7 1/2 (Even)
Under 7 1/2 (-130)

What will be the result of his first called pitch?
Ball +120
Strike -150

Total strikeouts in the game
Over 5 1/2 (-130)
Under 5 1/2 (Even)

Total innings pitched in the game
Over 6 (-130)[/quote]

Number of strangers I high five like it's 1985 during the game
Over 7 1/2
Under 7 1/2

Number of strangers I man-hug during the game
Over 3
Under 3

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He's starting on one of my fantasy teams too.



I predict:

6 IP, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K...and the WIN.

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Got my tickets in hand and I'm ready to go. I'm pretty psyched for today, should be amazing watching his first game. And it'll be nice seeing a sellout crowd at Nats Park as well.

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I could care less about him or the Nats and I hope he does well for the most part.

But a little small evil part of me hopes he gets shelled. I don't know why.

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well, enjoy nats fans. no hate from this Os fan. you all have had a rough start to things (100+ losses the past 2 seasons?) so i do wish you all the best.

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i want teddy to finally win the presidential footrace. in front of a sellout. speculation:
[url=http://masnsports.com/nationals_buzz/2010/06/could-teddy-win-on-tuesday.html]MASNsports.com -[/url]

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I can't wait to head out to the ballpark, I have seats in section 133. It's going to be crazy seeing the stadium 100% packed and mostly full of Nationals fans. The last time the park was filled when I was there was the Philly game and of course we all know how many of them were Phillies fans, though there was a good turnout on June 4th.

It'd be awesome to see Teddy win, especially on Strasburg's debut, that has been the rumor for a long time now, that he would win on his debut, so hopefully it happens!

Going to get a lot of camera footage tonight!

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;705288]Number of strangers I high five like it's 1985 during the game
Over 7 1/2
Under 7 1/2

[B]Number of strangers I man-hug during the game[/B]
Over 3
Under 3[/quote]
this makes me go hmmmm.......

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[quote=InsaneBoost;705339]I can't wait to head out to the ballpark, [B]I have seats in section 133.[/B] It's going to be crazy seeing the stadium 100% packed and mostly full of Nationals fans. The last time the park was filled when I was there was the Philly game and of course we all know how many of them were Phillies fans, though there was a good turnout on June 4th.

It'd be awesome to see Teddy win, especially on Strasburg's debut, that has been the rumor for a long time now, that he would win on his debut, so hopefully it happens!

Going to get a lot of camera footage tonight![/quote]

wow, i am jealous. how long ago did you buy them?

have fun and for sure take some pictures.

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Funny thing, I bought them the day they said he would debut June 8th. I think it was like the 30th or 31st of May.

There was a lot to choose from at the time, but like 35min later everything was gone.

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Funny thing happened to me the other day. So the guy that promised me tickets called me Monday and said the deal fell through and he had tickets for Wednesday's game instead. Obvi, I was upset.

So today I'm stepping on the Metro with an Express (newspaper) in hand around 12:45 and noticed the Nats were selling standing only tickets (2,000 to be exact) at 1 PM. I was like, shit, I'm only three stops away, I can get off at Navy Yard. When I got there, there was hardly no line to speak of, and in about 30 minutes I had two tickets.

Pretty pumped!!

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Nice man glad you got them, surprised there was no line, I guess people didn't pay attention.

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I have Comcast and live in NOVA. This game isn't going to be in HD is it? I think the Orioles game gets MASNHD tonight...oh well.

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that zimmerman homer should give strasburg a little breathing room.

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Just gave up a hit. Bust! Send him back down

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People are pulling the crap out of him...

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Roughed up a bit in the last inning. Want to see how he bounces back from that. His repertoire is sick though

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Wow! I just yelled at the tv (Nationals) to give Steve a couple of runs and BOOM! 2 HRs

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This is unreal! I'm really curious to see how his second starts is.

I know these are the Pirates we're talking about but still..the way Strasburg is mixing it up is phenomenal.

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The kid sure has nasty stuff

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7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 14 K

All I can say is...Damn.

[quote=Warren85Ellard;705397]I have Comcast and live in NOVA. This game isn't going to be in HD is it? I think the Orioles game gets MASNHD tonight...oh well.[/quote]
Not sure if they have done it in NOVA, but here in Frederick, Comcast has started their shift of HD channels to the 800s and up. I get both MASN and MASN2 in HD, along with a buttload of other channels that weren't previously offered in HD.

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great outing for the young gun. great night for the nats and dc.

nats record for most Ks (14) by a pitcher. he did it in 7 innings and on top of that, it was his first start. dayum.

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This young gun will be as good as advertised. Great way to start at home.

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Totally surpassed my expectations. And I expected him to do pretty well. Here's to the start of some fun Nationals baseball!

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[quote=724Skinsfan;705422][B]Totally surpassed my expectations.[/B] And I expected him to do pretty well. Here's to the start of some fun Nationals baseball![/quote]

me too. as a skeptical redskins fan, i expected the worst.

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[quote=Warren85Ellard;705397]I have Comcast and live in NOVA. This game isn't going to be in HD is it? I think the Orioles game gets MASNHD tonight...oh well.[/quote]

masn2hd is 844.. at least in waldorf, it just shows up as MASN2 on ther listings but it's the HD channel.. masnhd is repeated on 845 aside from just being on 247

it doesn't come up with the automatic switch to HD option but then again, neither does MASN

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well I was at work but they're replaying it at 1130

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Nationals Park was ELECTRIC. I've never heard that place so loud in my life!

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[quote=InsaneBoost;705431]Nationals Park was ELECTRIC. I've never heard that place so loud in my life![/quote]

Man I hear that. It was a crazy atmostphere, the place was going buck wild after every strike he threw. And just seeing him pitch was unbelievable.

I was so lucky, I bought two tickets in section 130 off craigslist on sat. for 115 bucks apiece. I was going crazy last week that I pretty much emailed anybody who was selling tickets on CL and then I hit this guy up and he said I was the first who would just buy and didn't try to negotiate first. I don't really care that I didn't negotiate with him because I thought it was a great deal compared to what other seats in that section were going for.

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Yeah, I paid $46 for section 133, so you only paid a little over double which is pretty good. My brother found tickets for closer, the $65 ones, guy wanted $300 a piece, he said the hell with that. Didn't mind over paying, but not that much.

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Took this from CSNWashington.com

STRASBURG’S EVERY PITCH
Pitch-by-pitch results for Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg in his major league debut Tuesday night against Pittsburgh:

FIRST INNING
Andrew McCutcheon: Ball (98), ball (97), lined out to shortstop (98).
Neil Walker: Ball (82), ball (98), foul (99), ball (97) and ground out to first base (99).
Lastings Milledge: Called strike (99), called strike (82), swinging strike (83).
Totals: 11 pitches, six strikes.

SECOND INNING
Garrett Jones: Ball (91), ball (98), ball (99), called strike (97), swinging strike (99) and swinging strike (99).
Delwyn Young: Called strike (99), ball (91), foul (91), ball (100) and swinging strike (83).
Andy LaRoche: Called strike (82), ball (99) and single to right field (100).
Ronny Cedeno: Foul (97), swinging strike (82), foul (97), ball (81) and swinging strike (89).
Totals: 19 pitches, 12 strikes.

THIRD INNING
Jason Jaramillo: Called strike (97), ball (90), called strike (90) and called strike (83).
Jeff Karstens: Called strike (97), called strike (82), ball (82) and swinging strike (98).
Andrew McCutcheon: Ball (99) and ground out to third (98).
Totals: 10 pitches, seven strikes

FOURTH INNING
Neil Walker: Foul (96), ball (82) and single to right field (81).
Lastings Milledge: Ball (96), ball (89), foul (95) and single to right field (97).
Garrett Jones: Swinging strike (89), foul (81), ball (97), ball (97), ball (82) and double play (96).
Delwyn Young: Ball (96) and two-run homer to right (90).
Andy LaRoche: Pop out to second base (98).
Totals: 16 pitches, nine strikes.

FIFTH INNING
Ronny Cedeno: Called strike (99), ball (98), swinging strike (97) and swinging strike (99).
Jason Jaramillo: Called strike (99), swinging strike (97), ball (98) and ground out to first base (82).
Jeff Karstens: Called strike (98), ball (98), called strike (98), foul (82), foul (99) and called strike (99).
Totals: 14 pitches, 10 strikes

SIXTH INNING
Andrew McCutcheon: Foul bunt (98), called strike (81), ball (82) and swinging strike (91).
Neil Walker: Called strike (99), foul (98) and swinging strike (99).
Lastings Milledge: Ball (84), called strike (82), called strike (82) and swinging strike (92).
Totals: 11 pitches, 10 strikes

SEVENTH INNING
Garrett Jones: Ball (96), foul (96), called strike (81), foul (99), ball (97), foul (98) and swinging strike (83).
Delwyn Young: Called strike (98), swinging strike (98) and swinging strike (99).
Andy LaRoche: Called strike (83), swinging strike (83) and swinging strike (99).
Totals: 13 pitches, 11 strikes.

Final totals: 94 pitches, 65 strikes, seven innings, four hits, two runs, no walks and 14 strikeouts.

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[quote=InsaneBoost;705431]Nationals Park was ELECTRIC. I've never heard that place so loud in my life![/quote]

lol came back here watching the replay to mention this very point.. I guess when the stadium is full and there's something to be excited about even baseball can get loud.. tired of the mets and phillies fans being louder than ours

I think that it's safe to say that Strasburg Nights are going to be pretty well visited

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mmm no walks

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This guy was ridiculous last night. I don't even follow baseball that much nor do I know much about it, but even I knew this guy was amazing last night.

Stephen Strasburgh, Bryce Harper, John Wall, Donovan McNabb, Ovechkin...DC sports are on the rise!!!!!

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The ball park was ridic. Never seen the stadium so loud from start to finish, and fans were bouncing off the walls after that final strike/out. I felt like someone dropped me in Yankees stadium or somewhere.

Totally blew past any expectations. He was throwing some crazy sh*t across the plate - just crazy! Funny, I think it took the umps a few innings to adjust to his stuff.

Welcome to D.C., Mr. Strasburg!!

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;705288]Number of strangers I high five like it's 1985 during the game
Over 7 1/2
Under 7 1/2

Number of strangers I man-hug during the game
Over 3
Under 3[/quote]
So I didn't man-hug any strangers, but I did high five people like we were on the set of Miami Vice. One of those people happened to be [B]Mr. London Fletcher,[/B] who we saw walking through the concourse around the 8th inning. No one else seemed to recognize him.

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One of those rare moments in sports where a guy comes in with a ton of hype and actually lives up to it, or exceeds it in this case. I'm not a baseball guy but I kept switching over to the game and I caught all the highlights right after it.