{"id":4985,"date":"2010-04-26T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/04\/nats-another-stephen-strasburg-profile.html"},"modified":"2010-04-26T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T16:57:00","slug":"nats-another-stephen-strasburg-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/04\/nats-another-stephen-strasburg-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats: Another Stephen Strasburg profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/04\/23\/AR2010042302776.html\"><b>Stephen Strasburg: In minor leagues, phenom tries to blend in while his talent stands out<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Yet another well-written story about Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals presumed ace of the future. Many say he&#8217;s ready now and the Nats are just being cheap by not calling him up. Perhaps. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime though, the humble, shy and modest Strasburg is playing for AA-Harrisburg Senators and balancing the distractions that come with his fame. He even has an off duty police officer providing security. Like so many other gifted athletes, the field provides the only place where he is his own man.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dave Shenin<\/span>, author of the article, also hosted <a href=\"http:\/\/live.washingtonpost.com\/sheinin-on-stephen-strasburg.html?hpid=discussions\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">a chat<\/span><\/a> this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Now isn&#8217;t it a lot nicer have a <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Post<\/span> beat writer following around a Nats prodigy instead of a hateful, losing franchise on the wrong end of the B\/W Parkway?<\/p>\n<p>The accompanying video<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" width=\"480px\" height=\"270px\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.washingtonpost.com\/mv\/embed\/?title=A%20Star%20is%20Born%3A%20Strasburg-mania%20in%20Harrisburg&#038;stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F04%2F26%2FPH2010042601785.jpg&#038;flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2010%2F04232010-6v&#038;width=480&#038;height=270&#038;autoStart=false&#038;clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fvideo%2F2010%2F04%2F26%2FVI2010042601772.html\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Strasburg: In minor leagues, phenom tries to blend in while his talent stands out &#8211; The PostYet another well-written story about Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals presumed ace of the future. 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