Yay, we have day baseball today, after all those late nights. The Washington Nationals vs. San Francisco Giants on TV – MASN2 or if you are outside of the Nats footprint, MLB TV has it. Sadly, my office has neither station, so MLB Gameday Audio is how I’ll listen to it initially. Stephen Strasburg vs. Tim Lincecum.

After a 14-2 win Monday night, the Nats fell 6-1 yesterday. Drew Storen had a bad outing out of the bullpen.

By design, I haven’t mentioned much about the Strasburg shutdown — I accepted it unemotionally last September when it happened to Jordan Zimmermann. Thomas Boswell has a big column about it (The Post) today that is actually worth reading. There is a little on GM Mike Rizzo who is making the decision (or taking responsibility for it) — he’s in charge and he’s taking the heat/glory. Whenever his tenure ends, he’ll probably have few friends I bet, but he will probably be respected if the team wins a pennant or two.

By the way, I wonder if Boswell talked to Strasburg’s dad about the anecdote mentioned in the article.