Strasburg Mania reaches towards insanity

[geoff]

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This is just Crazy.You can Buy something really nice for that Price.

[Dewey2007]

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Reaches towards insanity, it's already there. Wow! Does anyone think that the eventual winner will actually follow through on paying for the card?

[legaleagle92481]

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I have alot of cardboard at home I can create a 1/1 Stratsburg card if anyone's interested in paying 16k for it.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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Or you could get this, in which Stephen ACTUALLY WORE and threw a NO HITTER in for less than that,http://syracusechiefs.milbauctions.com/auctiondisplay.cfm?auctionnbr=2265 in which . Just a thought

[joelsabi]

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June 8th announced as his MLB debut against the Pirates. I am assuming you are there Andrew. Anyone else going? It's sold out.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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The highlight of that June 8th game is not Strasburg's debut, but Lastings Milledge's return to DC

[3arod13]

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If I did get caught up in the big hype of an up and coming young star, it sure wouldn't be a pitcher.

Insane to spend that kind of money on what could be.

Regards, Tony

[5kRunner]

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If I did get caught up in the big hype of an up and coming young star, it sure wouldn't be a pitcher.

Insane to spend that kind of money on what could be.

Regards, Tony

Agreed. Could you imagine spending $16k on a Mark Prior, Kris Benson, Paul Wilson, Brien Taylor, or Ben McDonald rookie?

[godwulf]

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Somebody has repeatedly listed a Strasburg Team USA jersy on eBay, with a minimum bid price of $2K. I've been seeing that listing off and on since at least last October.

Saw Strasburg in the AZ Fall League last year. He seemed like a pretty good kid - he seemed to be signing a lot.

[BaseballGM]

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June 8th announced as his MLB debut against the Pirates. I am assuming you are there Andrew. Anyone else going? It's sold out.

I'm there. My seats are a couple of rows behind the visitor dugout so I hope to get a good angle for the first pitch. Then, I'll cut the photo down and paste it on cardboard and put it on eBay for $16k.

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Strasburg Mania reaches towards insanity

June 8th announced as his MLB debut against the Pirates. I am assuming you are there Andrew. Anyone else going? It's sold out.

they must be going for a mint on stubhub and the next day the ticket stubs will hit ebay im sure. would be cool to see but not worth taking off of work and driving 5 hours so ill watch on tv.

[Mattapan03]

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The highlight of that June 8th game is not Strasburg's debut, but Lastings Milledge's return to DC

LOL. Milledge looked absolutely terrified on his first at bat vs Strasburg

[dcgreg25]

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I was lucky enough to get to the game last night. Strasburg was amazing. He fell behind a number of hitters in the first and second but then he really buckled down and struck out (I think) six in a row. The mix of his fastball (98-101mph) change (78-81mph) and a curve that is unhittable, when he locates it well, had the Pirates off balance all night. He finished the game striking out eight of the last ten and struck out the side on eleven pitches.

It is the Pirates so I certainly do not expect the same results every time out but there is no doubt he is the real deal. Regardless of the hype, for a MLB debut it was great. Below is a pic of the first pitch- not the best quality as I took it with my cell phone.

[nationals2k9]

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Great time to pick this up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2010-Nationals-Stephen-STRASBURG-Signed-RC-Ticket-1-1-/320543650677?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa1e3f375

[nationals2k9]

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The mix of his fastball (98-101mph) change (78-81mph) and a curve that is unhittable, when he locates it well, had the Pirates off balance all night.

Did the Nats Park gun show 78-81 on the change? I've heard from multiple sources inc MLB broadcast that it was around 90 (which is obviously quick but still a change of pace).