Federal Baseball.com: Stephen Strasburg TwitterFeed...
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 1:51 PM EDT
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I'll be updating here as any new Strasburg news becomes available...You'll Have To Refresh To Get Updates. PLUS: Direct Your Tweets @federalbaseball And I'll Respond To Your ?'s And Comments Right Here.
Latest Links, Tweets And Updates After The JUMP....
LINKS AND LINKS AND....
"By midnight Monday, the deadline for draft-pick signing, Strasburg must make up his mind, yes or no. Few decisions are simpler, and yet few carry more weight..."
• Washington Post - D.C. Sports Bog - Dan Steinberg - "The Best Post-Strasburg Sign"
"I continue to believe there is an 85 percent (in honor of Lastings) chance that Stephen Strasburg signs by midnight tonight. But if not, tomorrow immediately becomes the most interesting home Nats game of the season. What will be the reaction from fans? Wrath and indignation directed at ownership? At Scott Boras? At Stephen Strasburg? At the whole lot of them? Paper bags on the head?"
• Overslot | Nationals Farm Authority - Brian Oliver
"Lost in the discussions about whether the Nationals and Stephen Strasburg agree is the fact that given the rumored price tag Strasburg is likely to command, the Nationals have not been part of the litany of overslot deals we’ve seen announced over the last few days."
"i'll be surprised if stephen strasburg is a washington national by the midnight deadline tonight..."
• FJB - The Blog Formerly Known As Fire Jim Bowden Counts Down To STRASBURGEDDON!!!!
• Nationals Insider: Practicing what they preach - Washington Times - Mark Zuckerman
"Within 24 hours, Stephen Strasburg is either going to be a rich man or looking for work in the independent leagues. And Ted Lerner is either going to be millions of dollars poorer or a pariah in his own ballpark..."
STRASBURG DISCUSSION THREAD LATER TONIGHT...
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LOGAN KENSING DFA'd
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It’s not known who the Nationals will call up on Tuesday. The Nationals are considering either outfielder Justin Maxwell or infielder Mike Morse, both of whom are with Triple-A Syracuse.
Maxwell had two stints with Washington this season, going 3-for-24 with an RBI. Morse, who came from the Mariners in the Ryan Langerhans trade last June, is hitting .327 with six home runs and 31 RBIs for Syracuse.
by RoscoeNats on Aug 17, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess Syracuse could use him, but as I said the last time, if you don't drive a stake through the heart, they'll arise to haunt again...
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boras loses one...
“The Rays offered Levon Washington a bonus “consistent with late first round picks,” but could not come to an agreement with Washington and his agent, Scott Boras."
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 2:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same with their second round pick. Decent teams don't have to be as desperate?
by RoscoeNats on Aug 17, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'll put a top 10 list in tonight's post so we can check off the signers...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 2:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
"•The Rangers and Matt Purke are still over $1MM apart so the club isn't optimistic about signing the first rounder."
Wiki List of Boras’ Advisees…….
Dustin Ackley
Gerrit Cole
Kentrail Davis
Grant Green
Bryce Harper
Andy Oliver
James Paxton
Matt Purke
Stephen Strasburg
Donovan Tate
Jacob Turner
Jonathan Worrell
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously, the Wiki page is incomplete...and also has that catcher kid on it...
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brewers signed outfielder Kentrail Davis for $1.2MM, the most any supplemental pick has received this year.
supplemental pick
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strasburg just twittered for the first time since before draft day...
Strasburg37 back on twitter finally…huge day ahead of me, hopefully we can get something done today!
by RoscoeNats on Aug 17, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, too bad we don't have a fangraphy poll........
The big one swung into the negative, but this tweet could have moved the needle back….
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Officially confirmed NOT Strasburg.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 17, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2:01pm: Heyman hears that the Nats offered Strasburg $12.5MM.
$12.5MM……….Heyman hears
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/08/17/nationals.strasburg/
"He's just a draft pick"... "It's not the end of the world if he doesn't sign"
FB dot com taking the right tone for the Strasburg issue. 8 Aug 09.
by cat daddy3000 on Aug 17, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope StrasBunny...
Goes to the IndepedentLeague and blows out his elbow&shoulder. Where’ll Borass and StrasTweeter be then. I’m all for a kid gettin what he thinks he’s worth but this is ridiculous 12.5 Million and he’s never pitched above a C-Rate College League. Plus he got lit up in the biggest game of season. Does the Mal d’Expo still linger….???
"Oh no sir, this has been embarassing for quite some time. " ~Bagger Vance
by BloggerVance on Aug 17, 2009 5:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Strasburg decline an offer at $12.5 according to ESPN.
Just saw it on the crawl during Around the Horn. No link yet that I can find.
by vanatsfan on Aug 17, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They have 6.5 hours and they are only offereing 12.5??
Come on Nationals, you can do better than that.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 17, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, now it's unclear
The ESPN crawl cites SI, but the SI story hasn’t been updated to say that the offer was declined.
But yeah, I dunno if I’m the only one wondering, “you waited two months to even make an offer, and this was the best you could do?”
by vanatsfan on Aug 17, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't that happen a week ago?
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 5:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
sitting in the columbus airport, waiting for an already late flight...
glad to be on a plane for ~ two hours this evening. will be drafting my “i told you so” rant.
not a chance this gets done. here’s future Stan’s quote:
“We offered the player more money than anyone has ever offered an amateur, and the agent turned it down.” Stan Kasten, 1:10 am, Aug. 18, 2009.
Your voice of doom and gloom. Read more at natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com
by Dave at Nats News Network on Aug 17, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Messing with the space time continuum is a banable offense, Dave.
Careful or I won’t open the pod bay doors!
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 7:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
How About...
Saving the Money and Blowing Away Aroldis Chapman With a MultiMillionDollar Offer. He Might Be More Amenable to 12.5 Million…Plus He’s Proven Himself On a Big Stage Already…..
Adios StrASSburg…
"Oh no sir, this has been embarassing for quite some time. " ~Bagger Vance
by BloggerVance on Aug 17, 2009 6:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He has?
I thought he was mediocre in the WBC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laydODN6xVk
by hibachi on Aug 17, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chapman's...
Results at the WBC were mediocre. His stuff was OffTheCharts. Even with mixed results, just making the Cuban Team proves more to me than K’ing JuniorCollege tranfers at SanDiegoState or wherever he went…O agree with the Yu Darvish idea too. Perhaps FederalBaseball’s many ’Eastern connections could throw in a good word for the Nats…???
"Oh no sir, this has been embarassing for quite some time. " ~Bagger Vance
by BloggerVance on Aug 17, 2009 7:17 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
The Mountain West Conference is the 7th highest ranking RPI conference in all of NCAA
That had 3 teams in the top 25 this season for the majority of the season and the great majority of non-conference opponents were also in the Top 25, including Virginia, Cal State Fullerston, UC Irvine, Fresno State, and USD. Not to mention a AT LARGE bid into the NCAA College World Series. But ya, he pitched against little leaguers according to you. Get your facts straight before you start spouting nonsense out of your mouth.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 17, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also If Chapman is so good
Why would you want to “amend” him?
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all." - Earl Weaver
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Aug 17, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Strasburg Day!
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 8:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh Boy. Here we go.
MASN.com has this and I saw it via the twitter by nationalspride…
While sitting here in the press box, ESPN’s Peter Gammons said that all of the Top 10 picks have singed except for Strasburg, even though they haven’t been announced just yet.
by RoscoeNats on Aug 17, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got hours to go yet...
“Krusty will come…”
“Krusty will come…”
“Krusty will come…”
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They made us make wallets for export...and one of the campers was eaten by a bear...
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, actually, the bear just ate his hat.
by vanatsfan on Aug 17, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
...this is like watching paint dry
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Paint drying at least has a payoff...a painted wall...we might just get disappointment???
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, even I'm not following it tonight.
I just stopped by to see the carnage.
Oooooooh, blood
Eric Berry for sending the guy who wins the Heisman spinning 720 degrees in the air at the podium - or for intercepting it and returning it to where it rightfully belongs
by Graysnail on Aug 17, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea yea
I know you’re secretly watching Bowden’s tweets…
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bodes blocked me from following him on Twitter. I guess he was listening to Dibble.
Eric Berry for sending the guy who wins the Heisman spinning 720 degrees in the air at the podium - or for intercepting it and returning it to where it rightfully belongs
by Graysnail on Aug 17, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dibble
Now there’s a man who knows how to block someone on Twitter…
Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."
by Mezza on Aug 17, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupid tweets, I didn't want them anyway...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about ice melting. That's boring and no real payoff.
by RoscoeNats on Aug 17, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you're thirsty
Eric Berry for sending the guy who wins the Heisman spinning 720 degrees in the air at the podium - or for intercepting it and returning it to where it rightfully belongs
by Graysnail on Aug 17, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thrill of seeing part of the water cycle?
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Ed Chigliak on Aug 17, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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