Game 59 discussion thread: Nationals vs. Pirates

Stephen J. Strasburg has a perfect game through one.

Sitting here in California watching the free look-in on MLB.com (for the first 4 innings)

As a Washington baseball fan from the days of the Senators at Griffith, man, my heart is swelled with pride seeing the packed house and feeling the electricity.

Major league baseball is really, finally back in ol' DC

MASN needs to stop trying to show pitch replays. Strasburg works too fast.

ditto to driggs1

Electric in left field after three innings and six Ks! Here it appears everyonf knows to get on up for 2 strikes! Six Ks in first nine batters!

Having some bandwidth problems with the chat, so I'll hang here with you folks tonight. My thoughts so far...
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It looked like Young hit a decent pitch for the HR (down, but middle of the plate).
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Strasburg's curve/slider (slurve/clide) is wicked good so far tonight.
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Other than Zimmerman "feeling the moment" in the first, the offense seems to be playing down to Karstens tonight.

One thing about SS - he is teaching the crowd how to cheer with 2 strikes! Not that there's been much reason to cheer in past years! Lots of energy in left field and around the park!

Gotta say that Pirates home run looked like a flick of the wrist... Game is moving very quickly! 8:20 through 5? Let's get a W for stras, which means get ahead NOW!

So, I'm totally blacked-out in my area for the game, but I hear it's 2-1 Pirates on a two run home run. I thought this would happen..

TEN!!!!!

81 pitches through 6IP; Strasburg might be done for the evening.

ELEVEN!!! If SS keeps this up, I will be blocked from too many posts!

We gotta get some runs to get him outta here with a chance for the W but def not the loss!!! Cmon Nats, do it with the bats! Making Karstens look like an all-star!

Heart of the order up - Let's get a couple of runs & give the kid a n/d at the very least.

BOO-YAH, Dunn!!

Dunn!

Hammer!

These are for the kid

Back-to-Back from Dunn & Willingham! The middle of the order (RZimm-Dunn-Willingham) delivers, big-time!
Get the bullpen ready - between Walker, Burnett, Storen, Clippard & Capps, there are arms available & ready.

Got my 7 yr.grandson watching here in the A-T-L after SS 11th K Miles turns to me and says "hey grandaddy he's real good" i just smiled and said "son he is the real deal"

@dargramps:

Good stuff - Train 'em young, hook 'em early.

He goes until someone gets on base... Gets the W or nothing at all! TWELVE!!!!!

Why does FIOS show the Nationals game in the Guide for MLB but the Mets game is on? This is supposed to be a nationally televised game. Who is the bonehead who blacked out Northern Virginia when the game is sold out?

Freakin' ridiculous!

man hows that for living up to expectations!

Wow - What a great way to close a 1st MLB start! I didn't think he'd come back out for the 7th, but that was a 'killer' curtain-call.

tomd5 - the game is blacked out because MASN(2) has the local rights to the game. National everywhere else except DC area and Pittsburgh.

WOW!!! going NUTS on the stands!

What a night for SS! Welcome to DC!

What a finish for him. Let's hold 'em and give SS the curly W!

Strasburg struck out every Pirate batter at least once

they better hold on to this one

Nationals Strikeout record in his debute...
I think he has a future in this game...

come on pen, no let down !!!!

@ mo_dc

"What a finish for him. Let's hold 'em and give SS the curly W!"

And the Silver Elvis wig!

Clippard needs to start the 9th...agreed?

so who closes ?

Booo!!

I've been exiled to connecticut and can't fnd a single bar that will show the game.

they should stick with the youth movement and let storen close it up

@TimDz - Agreed!

Please no Capps heartbreak tonight

yes, i say let clippard finish

yea jboogie i live in ct its tuff i ended up subscribing to mlb.tv

@jboogie1: sucks to be you...

jboogie...just funnin'...this has been fun though...

So now that Stras's night is over, who won the contest, Adam?

Never ever have I hated my move to NC more than tonight - day in ruins for not being able to see this.... Why blackouts why? even if I pay for mlb.tv its blacked out - fml
Whining over - Merry Strasmas all let's get the win

I can't believe he's going with Capps tonight of all nights.

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@ itkonlyyou108: GO AWAY

Supposedly Walter Johnson was seen in the stands during the second inning.

What a night for DC baseball!

Bang zoom! Jus realized that SS struck out the last seven men he faced. Yowza!

Capps came thru. Thank you baseball gods. What a night for the Nats.

two shaving cream pies PLUS one Elvis Wig!!!!

Musings on the delivery of the second shaving cream pie:
* Scott Olsen had the demeanor of a serial killer.
* That is all.

What a good feeling! I hope the Nats made a lot of new fans tonight out of that crowd. And thank you, Bobby Carpenter, for slipping in the mention of the Big Train.

The new locomotive just arrived the station.

That was sweet. Very sweet.

That's all I've got for tonight.

Walter Johnson has dead for more than 60 years, so he was not seen in the stands I would think. At least not that Walter Johnson.

umm.... Wow.

Now let's go out and start a winning streak so i can go to work and shut those smart azz Braves fan's the hell up, i guess Strasburg is scheduled to pitch again in Cleland(as Richard Pryor used to say) cannot wait to see him pitch again and did you check out his presser the kid is so professional and the command on his pitch's, man! This kid is something else and that is putting it mildly.GO NATS!!!

Merry Strasmas everyone!

Somebody bearing a strange resemblance to WJ was on the mound tonight in a Washington uniform, lorenmyoung

If he only does 50% of that, he's won 20. Totally ridiculous. I'll never be the same.

Happy Mardi Stras everyone. It was a Phat Tuesday indeed.

All time MLB record for a debut is 15 K's. Not bad, not bad . . .

And zero walks! Gotta love that!

I enjoyed the strikeout he got after falling behind 3-0. And, yeah, the last two on six straight pitches.

Baseball has been re-born in DC!

just back from the game. wow, just wow. the place was going absolutely nuts after the top of the 7th. what a way to finish his first start. and kudos to the middle of the lineup for coming through for the kid. looked for a minute like he might not get the W. outstanding performance.

Uh oh... Zim, Dunn, and Hammer all homering on the same night. If they all get locked in and we got the Strasmania going on with him pitching in every 5 days, we might start reeling off some wins at a nice clip here. I'm getting all steamed up.

One word: Phenom

come to jayzus baby come to jayzus

Yeah, okay. That was pretty impressive.

Awesome that they brought out the Silver Fox wig where the fans could see it, imo.

Would also be awesome if all those fans would come out when somebody not named SS was pitching.

Btw, one other person mentioned it but Scott Olsen's face before he pie'd SS again was CLASSIC. The guy looked like a complete psychopath.

Yeah, I liked how he first offers a dry towel for wipe-up purposes. Waits a beat. Then he goes in for the kill. That's cold. :-)

I was there. And holy f-ing sh*t!

It was tacky to boo Milledge and Church, though.

It's your nature to be kind, 1a1, but it was only tacky to boo Church

It was tacky to boo Milledge and Church, though.

Posted by: natsfan1a1 | June 8, 2010 10:38 PM

Agreed. Churchy really helped us in '05. And you guys might not believe it, but Lastings is a pretty nice kid. Not a great ballplayer, but I hung out with him at an event and he's a good guy.

It was amatuer night at the Park - lot of morons. But it was a lot of fun.

A round of Special K for all assembled here!
(H-m-m-m, that's a natural. Is Wheaties the only cereal to put athletes on their box?)

I was so in awe over Stras' performance. His confidence has the potential of becoming a contagious VIRUS. It certainly looked like it after Zim, Dunn, and J.Will gave us 3 runs. Stras' speed and control are fantastic.

Lastly, welcome back Pudge. We missed your bat.

and exhale! Welcome to the show kid

Remember last year when half of you said we shouldn't pay him a dime over 10 mil? That was pretty smart. Acta is a good manager too amirite?

Wow. Back from the park. Stayed to watch pies and the Silver Fox. What a fantastic game. Strausburg was all he was hyped to be, and I loved that the heart of the order came through for the kid. My kids were so enthused that we stood in line to by Jeezus Jerseys. Just a perfect night.