Tonight, Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals young pitching phenom, will be making his major league debut against our Pittsburgh Pirates.
Strasburg was the number one overall selection in last year's draft and he's dominated his minor league competition from the start.
Some have called it the most hyped debut in baseball history. Reporters from all over are in Washington to cover this event. The MLB network is broadcasting the game. Imagine that, the Pirates will be part of a nationally televised baseball game.
1992 called and they can't believe it.
It's great that Strasburg is making his debut tonight and it's cool that the Pirates will be a part of it, but the whole thing just doesn't sit well with me. We all know that Washington hand-picked Strasburg's first opponent. They wanted to give him the easiest debut possible and what better team to do it against than the Pirates with their anemic offense?
What a slap in the face. I hope that some how, some way, the Pirates offense can find whatever it is that they need to find for one night and slap that kid all over DC for every camera to see. They shouldn't let the Nationals totally write them off like that.
Nobody likes being written off. It's like when you're picked last in gym class. Or like when Koko B. Ware faced Diesel in a tuneup match on WWF Superstars. Everyone knew Koko didn't have a chance. Diesel was just warming up for his big Summerslam match against Sid Justice. It was so sad to see Koko with that bird, knowing he wasn't going to win.
Please, Buccos, don't be the Koko B. Ware to Stephen Strasburg's Diesel.
Be the Rocky Balboa to his Apollo Creed.
Make us proud!
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