The Roundup: The Argument Against Strasburg (For the Nationals, At Least; It’s a Money Thing)
Athletes and Celebrities, Baseball, Boxing, College Football, Courts, Legal, Howard Stern, NBA, NBA Draft, Soccer, Stephen Strasburg, Video June 9th. 2009, 8:00am
Megan Fox … fisherman hooks missile … sad, sad, sad story, sorry to start your day on such a downer … marketing anything that involves the words “anal leakage” is impossible … yes, getting shot in the head will change one’s outlook … the waving goat! … Tom and Gisele flipped a kayak in the Charles River … after the jump, Howard Stern’s appearance on Letterman …
A-Rod and Kate Hudson hung out Sunday night at Jose Molina’s bachelor party in NYC. (Page Six)
Some good news for a college baseball player who survived the Nick Adenhart car accident. (LA Times)
Cheering in the press box at a World Cup qualifier. (ESPN Chicago)
It’ll fall apart for the injury-plagued Rangers. That’s not what this column says, but that’s all that matters. (Dallas Morning News)
Friday, the Sacramento Kings will workout three point guards whom they could take at 4: Holiday, Flynn and Jennings. (Sac Bee)
Hitting 100 mph on the gun isn’t enough to cut it in the bigs, Mr. Strasburg. (Wash Times)
Barry Bonds is getting a divorce. (TMZ)
On Strasburg: “If I were the Nationals I’d think long and hard about taking him.” (Boston Globe)
It’s buried, so there probably isn’t much truth to it: Jason Kidd to the Heat (Miami Herald)
In case you missed it, a couple of Red Sox played rock, paper, scissors over the weekend. These guys visit the new Yankee Stadium tonight. (Sox & Dawgs)
Wishing he could see Pacquiano vs. Mayweather. (The Squeeze)
Did this blogger write a blurb on every college football team in the country? Yes, it appears he did. (Cake Rocks the Party)
Wake us when the Nationals get anything right. (DC Sports Bog)
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June 9th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Thought Howard came off a little snooty when talking about his wedding, besides that it was ok.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Yanks are at Fenway tonight, Padawan.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:12 am
I once flipped a canoe while relaxing with my wife on Lake Whatcom. I’m glad no one wrote a story about that. That would have been embarrassing.
/shares knowing look with Tom Brady
June 9th, 2009 at 8:16 am
So wait—AROD brought his girl to a bachelor party? What the fuck? That dude doesnt get it.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:20 am
I see part 1 of 3 and part 2 of 3. something’s missing…
June 9th, 2009 at 8:23 am
I’ve never flipped a canoe.
/miz > hef > brady
June 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Given the history of the Expos/Nationals Strasburg is the second coming of Todd Van Poppel.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
I wish I could get just 50 miles per gallon with my arm.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
That’s pretty friggin’ awesome. Less than three months now.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Will the Mos Def interview be in the next post?
/not serious
June 9th, 2009 at 8:29 am
That Tom Brady canoe story reminds me of the time I read a magazine article about Hef and his wife flipping a canoe in lake Whatcom.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:33 am
I see Megan Fox decided to lead with her talents…
June 9th, 2009 at 8:33 am
Worlds are colliding, Paris. Worlds are colliding.
/hyena’d
June 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Wrong, and that statement basically shows an ignorance of the actual history of the Expos. Throughout the 80s and 90s, no team in MLB drafted better than Montreal, the problem was keeping guys around. A the more accurate statement —given the history of teh Expos/Nationals— would be that Strasburg is the second coming of Randy Johnson, yet the Nats are forced to trade him away early in his career because they can’t afford him.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am
@Jay V
Nice.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am
anyone else silently rooting for Artie this morning? Guy’s life is back on track, he’s got a new girl (great story of how he met her), things are looking good for my favorite comedian.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:38 am
you have never used a canoe. you use a wooden raft.
/miz is a redneck.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:46 am
my canoe is hand-hewn from a large oak. it is not a raft.
/miz is a crafty redneck.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Boniest. Knee. EvAR!!!1!
June 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I’m doing so openly, seems so far this week he is not been drinking jet fuel before the show which is good. I’m interested to see what his new DVD will be like.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I know this was brought up over the weekend, but I saw the Hangover last night and there is no way old school or wedding crashers are funnier. Hangover is a better, funnier overall movie BY A MILE.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Maybe not, but it’s plenty to get drafted high with a huge signing bonus.
/advantage, Strasburg
June 9th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Mark Paul Gosselaar went on Jimmy Fallon as Zack Morris last night. It was AMAZING (despite Jimmy Fallon being…Jimmy Fallon) http://tiny.cc/eRMXE
June 9th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Im watching SBTB right now. Love the reruns
June 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I once flipped a canoe while relaxing with my wife on Lake Whatcom. I’m glad no one wrote a story about that. That would have been embarrassing.
/shares knowing look with Tom Brady
Shit, I flip canoes all the time. That’s why the cooler is bungied corded solid to the canoe. Ain’t no shame in flipping a canoe.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Jay, you need a Mclaughlin group tag on that.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am
the comments on that article are worse. i wouldn’t liver anywhere near baltimore/dc no way in hell.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Did Fox go Shaun Livingston on the red carpet? Looks like it.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:07 am
thanks for the link. that was friggin great.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:13 am
As mentioned…Yanks visit Fenway.
The article about 100 mph not being enough is baseless regarding Strasburg, same with the one about not taking him. The guy the writers compares him to is a guy who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat. Strasburg is accurate, nearly has 2ks per inning, and 3 other pitches. Obviously, he isn’t perfect, but he likely will be in the majors by September. Also, why wouldn’t the Nats take him? They shelled money for Dunn, and they don’t even currently have a closer.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Awesome.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I’ve just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen: The hat is a little wet but doing okay.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Well played, Mark-Paul/Zack, from the brick phone all the way down to the tuck-and-roll. You just know that Dustin Diamond will be the last to come aboard to milk it for all he can. Or maybe he’s too busy playing chess.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Yeah, the Strasburg article is pretty stupid. He acknowledges that Strasburg has more than one dimension and then goes on discussing the problems with having only one dimension.
Mariano Rivera only throws one pitch, and look at how his career turned out.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I flipped a canoe once with Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight.
/Ned Beatty’d
June 9th, 2009 at 11:24 am
The Zack appearance on Fallon made my day.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Howard jumped the Shark with his movie. Need we say more? He’s so 1997.