It's Strasburg Time. Who's up?

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:12 AM PDT Comment 25 comments

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't seen the game and are planning to watch it later, I imagine this will have some spoilers in it.

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Mr. Steven Strasburg will take the mound in a few minutes to take on the Cubans. I can't seem to find it on TV, but NBC is streaming it -- with no commentary.

I've never seen the kid pitch, so I'm pumped as hell and ready to indulge in the Strasburg hype, which I have thus far avoided. Work be damned. Plus my girl just bought me some Pike Kilt Lifter online for my birthday (can't find it down here in Strasburgland), so I'm ready for some baseball.

Go Steven! Go USA! LOSE MARINERS!

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Ground ball, ground ball, strikeout.

And he touched 157!

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Grr, the NBC gameday equivalent isn't updating

by Alex B on Aug 22, 2008 3:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can you not stream the video?

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

At work unfortunately :-(

Just coming up to midday here in the UK

by Alex B on Aug 22, 2008 3:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Harsh.

Well it’s just me here so far. So I’ll probably be doing a running commentary, I guess.

Come morning, this will probably look pretty funny with just me talking to myself. But I swear I heard talk of LLers being around for the game tonight. Or today, in your case.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stupid infielders. He should be out of this inning.

Ground balls galore so far.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And a K to get out of it.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, I must say, Silverlight has been a beauty for the Olympics.

I wonder if MLB is doing it wrong.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I've read a lot of praise for Silverlight in general

by Alex B on Aug 22, 2008 3:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not seeing the choppiness that I see on MLB.tv.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Although it has pretty much lit my computer on fire tonight.

I’ve crashed twice. And not just Firefox, but the whole computer just turning off. I might have other problems, but this computer’s only a year old. And scalding to the touch.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Strasburg bringing the heat?

by Alex B on Aug 22, 2008 4:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I suck at metric conversion.

It appears he’s throwing hard, but they’re hitting him. He gave up a homer and it’s now 3-2. But we’ve got a man on second with two outs . . .

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Failure.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh and I totally missed your joke because I'm so pissed at my computer.

But yes, I will blame it on Strasburg.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jesus Christ.

It just crashed my OTHER laptop that I was using as a backup.

I take back whatever good things I said about Silverlight until I figure out what the hell is going on.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weak

Single, a triple and a throwing error. 2-0 Cuba after 3.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 3:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Strasburg out after four innings.

This thread was a massive failure.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 4:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn

I was hoping to see a complete game with 15K’s and no walks

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

by wadswerth on Aug 22, 2008 5:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He struck out a few and, I believe, didn't walk any.

But yeah, this sucks.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 5:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cuba isn't exactly Utah University

by Gomez on Aug 22, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate NBC.

At least on my cable system, there are eight channels showing Olympics coverage right now — all in HD. (It’s usually nine, but the main NBC channel is showing the morning news right now.)

Again, eight channels showing the Olympics as I type this. Here’s what’s on each one:

1. Basketball: Spain vs. Lithuania
2. Basketball: Spain vs. Lithuania
3. Basketball: Spain vs. Lithuania
4. Basketball: Spain vs. Lithuania
5. Soccer: Brazil vs. Belgium
6. Soccer: Brazil vs. Belgium
7. Soccer: Brazil vs. Belgium
8/ Soccer: Brazil vs. Belgium

And I have to watch baseball on my computer.

by Teej on Aug 22, 2008 5:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs