Posted on 06/19/2010 7:16:22 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
WASHINGTON -- If Stephen Strasburg wonders what kind of impact he's had on the Nationals and the baseball scene as a whole, he knows now.
It's not often that a sitting President of the United States attends a regular-season baseball game in the middle of June. But there was Barack Obama, taking a break from the Gulf oil spill and international diplomacy, sitting in a luxury suite behind section 207 at Nationals Park on Friday night, wearing a White Sox cap.
The POTUS was obviously rooting for his adopted hometown team. But like the 40,315 in the sold-out ballpark, he must have been suitably awed by the right-handed Strasburg, who mixed up a dazzling array of fastballs and breaking pitches to strike out 10, walk none and allow only a run and four hits in seven innings.
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Good grief, when does this man do anything but relax! Power must suit him. :/
I was surprised at how tough the Nationals were in Detroit this week. Definitely not the same team they were just a couple years ago.
Don't these people have editors?
I for one find this disrespectful to the two teams that are playing.
I'm an Angel fan. I went to the Seattle/Cincinnati game last night, and I did not wear my Angel hat.
As the nation’s team, they are representing 57 states.
How does getting swept and giving up 7,8 and 8 runs to a so-so team make you tough?
The fact that they lost doesn’t mean they made it easy. It did make for some good games though.
Isn't losing twice by 8-3 and getting outscored 23-10 in three games the definition of making it easy?
I wish they had been tough. The Tigers are breathing down our necks right now by feasting on crappy NL teams at home.
The White Sox were playing.
Not really. The Nats played some good ball and I say that as a Detroit fan.
There’s no doubt that the Twins are the team to beat in the central division. The Tigers are back by half a game and the White Sox are behind the tigers by 5 and a half. Cleveland has fallen off the charts.
We are going back to Feudal Europe with Soetoro as King Barry I. The wealthy Dukes, Earls and Princes control the serfs with an iron hand.
No freedom, just hoping that the royalty don’t rape, murder and hill the serfs too often.
They were?!
Stupid interleague.
RETRACTION!!!
(Does FR have a delete button?)
Hey, just be glad you aren’t an Orioles fan. 23 games behind their nearest competitor with a .269 average. Yow!
Ouch.
Did ya watch any of the braves-twins series?
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