On this day in 1988, the A’s Jose Canseco became the first player in Major League history to join the 40-40 club, when he swipes his 39th and 40th bases, according to nationalpastime.com.  Canseco will finish the season with 42 home runs and 40 steals and help lead the Athletics to a World Series berth, [...]

Big news our of Washington yesterday, as the Nationals announced that pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg will mist the rest of this season, and at least part of 2011 after he undergoes Tommy John surgery.  For such a young, unproven pitcher, Strasburg’s pitching has demanded headlines since he was drafted in 2009, and yesterday was more [...]

I, of course, have to bring this up.  I must admit, I didn’t see enough of the game for this man to annoy me- but apparently he annoyed a number of people.  During Monday nights Nationals/Braves game, a fan sitting just off home plate in the first row decided to stand and sit for every [...]

Stephen Strasburgh was big news last week- and merchandise vendors both home and on the road knew it.  Pittsburgh is finding out the same thing this week, with Pedro Alvarez arriving in Pittsburgh and the big leagues yesterday.  The team quite a few tickets once fans had heard Alvarez had been called up.  Additionally, according [...]

I wrote last week, at the beginning of Stras-mania, that the real boon for the Nationals is not just the 14 major league strikeouts Stephen Strasburg  tallied in his major league debut, its the effect of the buzz over those 14 K’s.
Strasburg will help the Nationals sell out the games he starts- and perhaps there [...]