Strasburg Redux

September 25, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · 5 Comments

Washington has many fine sportswriters. Atop the list are Tom Boswell, Tim Kurkjian, and until recently John Feinstein. Last season Feinstein was one of the louder voices calling for the Nationals to keep sending Strasburg out every five days in September. And now he is using the failure of the Nationals to make the playoffs […]

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Taking the Challenge, Both Harper and the Nationals

August 17, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Bryce Harper’s new teammates challenged the young man to fish or cut bait in the days before the August 16 signing deadline. Â Stephen Strasburg said, “If he doesn’t want to play here, we don’t want him here.” Â Ryan Zimmerman was almost as skeptical, saying in effect that he saw more maturity and character in […]

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