Stephen Strasburg Isn’t Pitching, But Maybe the Nationals Will Win Anyway

All, Baseball Jason McIntyre October 11th. 2012, 4:35pm

Nationals. Cardinals. Game 4. Washington trails 2-1. If the Nationals lose, you won’t hear anything about Bryce Harper’s 1-for-15 series, or Adam LaRoche going 1-for-11.

It’s all about Strasburg folks. This is what Smarty Pants Mike Rizzo has wrought. He made a highly questionable decision to sit Strasburg, and now the Nationals are, according to this USA Today story, perhaps the most hated team in baseball.

“If we don’t win the World Series, I don’t care who does,” one general manager told USA TODAY Sports, “as long as it’s not those guys.
“They don’t deserve to win it. Not after what they did.”
Said a National League GM: “I hope they go down in flames. I hope it takes another 79 years before they get back to the playoffs. That’s how strongly I feel about it.”

Go Cards.

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56 Responses to “Stephen Strasburg Isn’t Pitching, But Maybe the Nationals Will Win Anyway”

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ButtersBC Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:37 PM
“If we don’t win the World Series, I don’t care who does,” one general manager told USA TODAY Sports, “as long as it’s not those guys.
“They don’t deserve to win it. Not after what they did.”
Harsh anonymous stand bro…I was thinking like those guys too but that’s bullshit, go Nats
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:38 PM
LAROCHE!!!!!!!!!
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roarke49 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:38 PM
Didn’t JMac say he hated the Cardinals just yesterday?
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:40 PM
It’s hard to dislike the Cardinals now that LaRussa is gone but I still manage to do so.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:42 PM
What are they pissed about? That one of the best young arms in baseball is going to be at 100% for the 2013? Or did they violate some bullshit “unwritten” rule?
Christ, they act like the Nats are using a t-shirt gun to fire kittens at a brick wall.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Sergio Romo > Tony Romo
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#pettycowards Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Knuckle kittens
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:45 PM
oh, I definitely dislike the Cardinals.
Nationals fans have been annoying this year. Plus, Strasburg controversy is better to write about than Washington winning
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Christ, they act like the Nats are using a t-shirt gun to fire kittens at a brick wall.
/laughs hysterically at this idea
//fires up Photoshop
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Go Nats!
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Poor Reds have had the tying run come to the plate the last 3 innings with nothing to show for it.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Christ, they act like the Nats are using a t-shirt gun to fire kittens at a brick wall.
Vivid imagery. Sounds like something Soused would have come up with.
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:48 PM
My bad, the last 4 innings.
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Sir Spicious Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:48 PM
I agree with the GMs of the teams that aren’t paying Strasburg. They definitely should have been not cautious. How dare they.
/I root against the Nats because I DESPISE Adam LaRoche.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:48 PM
/laughs hysterically at this idea
//fires up Photoshop
for some reason, I imagine you walking out to a tool shed and moving the leaf blower out of the way to take Photoshop out, prime the fuel line, pull the choke out, and turn a key.
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Sir Spicious Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Nationals fans have been annoying this year. Plus, Strasburg controversy is better to write about than Washington winning
Says the Jets fan and lover of all things Tebow.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
No, Miz. That’s Tennessee Photoshop. I use City Photoshop.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Reds are alive, yall
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
at least JMac is honest about his intentions
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Jay Bruce steps to the plate to the plate … he is the winning run …
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Nada Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Bryce Harper’s 1-for-15 series
WHAT A FRAUD
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Lies. JMac doesn’t even like baseball.
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Nada Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:52 PM
using a catapault to fire kittens at a brick wall
/ Punkin Chunkin’d
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arkbadger Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Cards tie it at 1-1 with a sac bunt and a sac fly. fundamental baseball at it’s finest.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:54 PM
and now the Nationals are, according to this USA Today story, perhaps the most hated team in baseball.
Can’t wait for the black alternate road jerseys. Whoo. Hoo.
Nationals fans have been annoying this year.
Aw man, I thought we were cool. I’m weeping internet tears ovah here.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:54 PM
matt holliday kills puppies
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:55 PM
This Jay Bruce at bat is sort of crazy.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Bruce is battling. I wanna see a walk-off, just for the excitement.
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Worms82 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Actively rooting against an organization solely because you disagree with how they handle their most valuable asset is pretty stupid. What’s next, are these GMs going to actively root against the Yankees for insisting on batting A-Rod 3rd because they think that’s stupid too?
Obviously I realize people have enough reasons to root against the Yankees already. It was just the first relevant baseball “controversy” I could think of
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Jay Bruce steps to the plate to the plate … he is the winning run …
And still at the plate.
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captain_spalding Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:57 PM
What are they pissed about? That one of the best young arms in baseball is going to be at 100% for the 2013?
Nolan Ryan went to WS in 1969 and that was it.
/no guarantees
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:57 PM
yikes. how do you take that?
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:58 PM
It’s Scott Rolen time!!
/wanking
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 4:59 PM
10 minute at bat > Walmart
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Nada Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
What’s next, are these GMs going to actively root against the Yankees for insisting on batting A-Rod 3rd because they think that’s stupid too?
The CEO of Trump Enterprises thinks so.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
sergio romo is 5’11″? he looks shorter than spencer!
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captain_spalding Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:01 PM
ovah
Feel bad for Dusty.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:01 PM
What a choke job by the Reds. 3 in a row at home? Embarrassing
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Swing and a miss…dang. SF Giants baseball: it’s still torture.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
as much as I wanted Cincy to win, I still take solace in my ongoing prediction that Dusty Baker won’t manage a championship team.
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Worms82 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Romo just did Gangnam Style! Post in 3, 2, 1…
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Walmart > Dusty Baker
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njensen79 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:02 PM
Rooting for the Nats here just because I would like to see a Giants/Nationals NLCS
A’s Yankees ALCS would be pretty cool in that the biggest payroll vs. smallest would be awesome for everyone
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arkbadger Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:04 PM
long live the Rainbow Reds Coalition
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:04 PM
A’s Yankees ALCS would be pretty cool in that the biggest payroll vs. smallest would be awesome for everyone
I just want to see Cespedes hit another 450+ foot homerun in Yankee Stadium
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somewhereoverthedwaynebowe Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:05 PM
If it’s Det/NY and Cards/SF… Yuck.
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njensen79 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:07 PM
If it’s Det/NY and Cards/SF… Yuck.
If this is the case, I would hope for Det/SF just because the STL and NYY fanbases are so bad.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:07 PM
If it’s Det/NY and Cards/SF… Yuck.
unless you’re Bud Selig and JMac. RATINGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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VladimirCrouton Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:11 PM
If it’s Det/NY and Cards/SF… Yuck.
Verlander pitches 8 great innings and Valverde blows it in the 9th. Book it.
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A.P. Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Verlander pitches 8 great innings and Valverde blows it in the 9th. Book it.
verlander then bludgens Valverde in the clubhouse
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Worms82 Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:17 PM
I just want to see Cespedes hit another 450+ foot homerun in Yankee Stadium
I’d much rather see Prince Fielder hit the warehouse at Camden Yards
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Harper, 1-for-freakin’-17??? Red contacts ain’t helping much.
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Nada Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:20 PM
If it’s Det/NY and Cards/SF… Yuck.
unless you’re Bud Selig and JMac. RATINGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Wait, is that part of the narrative?
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:23 PM
No, Miz. That’s Tennessee Photoshop. I use City Photoshop.
oh, so yours uses an extension cord and isn’t a 2-cycle engine? pussy.
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ohheelyeah Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:26 PM
Said a National League GM: “I hope they go down in flames. I hope it takes another 79 years before they get back to the playoffs. That’s how strongly I feel about it.”
Is This GM-edia Musings?
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
October 11th, 2012 at 5:27 PM
oh, so yours uses an extension cord and isn’t a 2-cycle engine? pussy.
Fucking suburban noise laws, man. I do miss the torque of the previous version. I keep that one at the rural lake house.