Sports: Baseball NorthAmerica: In Nats vs Pirates game, newbie Strasburg pitches a Nats victory

An excellent sports wr+iter, David Sheinin, in the Washinton Post today June 9, 2k10, wrote elegantly, eloquently about a new young sports hero: "It was the first major league pitch of Stephen Strasburg's career -- a 97 mph fastball, inside, ball one -- the dawning of a new era for the Nationals franchise, and the spectacular collision of two of the most powerful forces in the known universe: a once-in-a-generation baseball phenom and the assembled might of the media hype machine in the Internet age.

If it was possible to live up to that hype, the tall, sturdy kid with lightning in his right arm and the hopes of a beleaguered fan base in his hands did it, pitching magnificently against the Pittsburgh Pirates in his major league debut. The strikeouts piled up and the innings rolled by, and only one slip-up -- a two-run homer in the fourth inning -- marred the scorecard. Strasburg left the game after seven innings with a 4-2 lead, having struck out 14 Pirates hitters. He retired the last 10 batters he faced in order, the final seven by strikeout.

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Oh, by the way.  I just found out that Washington DC sports has yet another major league team in the lacrosse warriors known as the Cavaliers.