{"id":4899,"date":"2010-03-09T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/03\/stephen-strasburg-makes-his-nats-spring-debut-today.html"},"modified":"2010-03-09T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T11:14:00","slug":"stephen-strasburg-makes-his-nats-spring-debut-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/03\/stephen-strasburg-makes-his-nats-spring-debut-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Strasburg makes his Nats spring debut today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2009 #1 MLB draft pick and the &#8220;best pitching prospect ever&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/nationalsjournal\/2010\/03\/the_wait_is_just_about_over_to.html?wprss=nationalsjournal\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Stephen Strasburg makes his first spring start for the Washington Nationals today<\/span><\/a> (Nationals Journal, <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). It counts as much as any other spring training game and unless something completely amazing or dreadful happens this event will struggle to even be a footnote in the collective (un)conscious of Nats fans. That it comes with the Nats 0-6 in spring training may even add some unnecessary urgency to Strasburg&#8217;s appearance.<\/p>\n<p>So, with that in mind, does <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span> not having a story in the dead tree edition show restraint or a lack of commitment by that sports department? I would have at least expected a <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Thomas Boswell<\/span> column, but I guess that will arrive tomorrow morning. At least there is an article about the guy who used to manage in D.C. because that um, matters.<\/p>\n<p>Game is 1 p.m. on MASN (boo!), MLB.tv and <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mediacenter\/?c_id=was\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Gameday Audio<\/span><\/a> (worth the $19.99 for the season).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/natsinsider.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/viera-center-of-attention.html\"><b>Viera: Center of attention?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Nats Insider<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/natsinsider.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/olsen-this-is-best-ive-felt.html\"><b>Olsen: &#8220;This is the best I&#8217;ve felt&#8221;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Nats Insider<\/i><br \/>Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if one of these pitchers was saying &#8220;this is the best I&#8217;ve felt&#8221; after pitching well&#8221; sometime soon?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2009 #1 MLB draft pick and the &#8220;best pitching prospect ever&#8221; Stephen Strasburg makes his first spring start for the Washington Nationals today (Nationals Journal, The Post). 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