NATS (65-45) WORSE THAN GIANTS TWO DAYS AGO

 Strasburg's sixteenth win 
 did not happen, Giants scrapped 
 together a win 

 might this be playoff preview? 
 I hope Strasburg's loss was not 

NATS (62-44) BETTER THAN DIAMONDBACKS A WEEK AGO

 in celebration 
 of Gio's magic 6-9 
 4.20, Nats smash 

 14 runs while Strasburg aced 
 type smashing, with Melancon 

NATS (59-42) BETTER THAN INDIANS 12 DAYS AGO

 aside from Strasborg 
 returning to his ace form, 
 what of Trea Turner? 

 he has become the lead-off 
 hitter the Nats always lacked 

NATS (57-39) WORSE THAN DODGERS 18 DAYS AGO

 beloved Stephon 
 Strasborg suffers his first 
 loss of this season 

 five runs off two homers by 
 some fuckface Justin Turner 

NATS (55-36) BETTER THAN PIRATES 24 DAYS AGO

 baseball's long slog lost 
 me there for a long minute - 
 return out of guilt 

 Strasburg went 13 and 0 
 on another top-notch start 

NATS (52-36) BETTER THAN METS THREE DAYS AGO

 Stephen Strasburg is 
 an unstoppable force of 
 dominant presence 

 (I hope he doesn't break in 
 half before October though) 

NATS (50-33) BETTER THAN REDS EIGHT DAYS AGO

 return of Strasborg 
 of course equals another 
 superlative win 

 11 wins to 0 
 losses - epic beginning 

NATS (44-32) BETTER THAN BREWERS YESTERDAY

 scrappy ass Tanner 
 Roark breaks the losing streak (though
 bullpen tried to lose) 

 of more concern is Strasburg 
 (undefeated) missed two starts 

NATS (37-24) BETTER THAN PHILLIES THREE DAYS AGO

 though he gave up four 
 runs early, Strasborg battled 
 and scrapped out a win 

 retired the last 14 he 
 faced, in fact - dominated 

NATS (33-23) WORSE THAN REDS TWO DAYS AGO

 Strasborg good but not 
 enough to win; Nats did score 
 enough he ain't lose 

 team lost, but Strasborg remains 
 undefeated on the year 

NATS (30-21) BETTER THAN CARDINALS TWO DAYS AGO

 bionic Strasborg 

 now 9-0 this season; 

 Cardinals crushage! 

 which will last longer - Dusty's 

 orders or Strasborg's elbow? 

NATS (28-18) BETTER THAN METS LAST NIGHT

 interesting stat - 
 since June 23rd last 
 year, when Strasborg starts...

 Nats are 21 and 2; 
 that's solid as fucking fuck 

NATS (20-13) WORSE THAN TIGERS TONIGHT

 WHAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH 
 JOE ROSS, EARLY FAVORITE 
 TO THIS DUMB SEASON? 

 POST-BLISTER, HE HAS REALLY 
 STRUGGLED! (also, Strasborg's rich) 

NATS (19-8) BETTER THAN ROYALS SIX DAYS AGO

 offense had given 
 13 runs before Strasborg 
 retired to dugout 

 who the fuck ain't gonna win 
 a rubber stamp game like that? 

NATS (15-7) BETTER THAN CARDINALS THREE DAYS AGO

 after shakey 1st, 
 Strasborg finagled his way 
 through seven innings 

 scrappy road win powered by 
 4-run 4th to end April 

NATS (10-3) BETTER THAN MARLINS

 another grand slam 
 by the Ultimate Harper - 
 channeled energies 

 Strasborg (plus bullpen) kept it 
 zero on the other side 

NATS (6-1) BETTER THAN BRAVES TONIGHT

 Strasborg had got sick, 
 so Tanner Roark threw seven 
 scoreless innings, bruh 

 Tanner Roark is only kid 
 from Bad News Bears to make pros 

NATS RISE TO GLORY game forty-eight

(remember after last Strasborg start when I said "I bet he goes

another week or two then is put on the DL"?

well I should've wrote "I bet he pitches

19 no-hitters in a row")

Stephon Strasborg only lasted 16 pitches on Friday night's opener of 3-game series in Cincinnati. He left game after walking a dude, shrugging to the dugout, then the trainer came out and ushered him off the field, with "neck tightness". Next morning, Strasborg went on the DL (again), and man, this dude is starting to become a DL master.

The Reds ended up winning the game, even though they'd lost 10 of 11 heading into it, but being it's 48 games, rather than expound upon the game in particular, let's revisit our 10% incremental check-ins with season, as we are now 30% done with this long ass endless perhaps painful even baseball season of Roman calendar year 2015. Nats got hot as fuck this 10% of the season, and hopefully it is a sign of more to come and not just an early season spurt that gives us false hopes for dominance after earlier false worries of failure, which all sort of speaks to just how long and fucking goddamn a baseball season is because you can worry and get excited about a lot of ultimately completely meaningless bullshit along the way. But Nats moved to first in the NL East during this increment of the season, so now it becomes an incremental task of maintaining that position. Slowly. Through humid ass DC summers. Go-go music. Chubby chicks in sundresses, shoulder tattoos faded but suggesting a reckless outlaw personality that just does not give a fuck, which perhaps suggests fuck. I don't know. I am more concerned with the beauty of the feminine than the particulars of the baseballs to be honest. This happens.

Nats were 28-20.

NATS RISE TO GLORY game forty-three

(I feel like Strasborg's arm should be like this, plz)

Another Stephon Strasborg start ended in a smackering-around of Senor Strasburg, who got waxed for 4 in the 3rd, and gave up another 2 in the 4th before getting yanked before the end of the inning. He's really not looking good at all, and it has the feel of Matt Williams letting him take some knocks to prove to Strasburg himself he's not up-to-par, and then here in a week or two we're gonna see ol' Strasburg hit the DL for something or another - maybe not a season ender, in fact I doubt that's the case at all, but definitely a respite, then maybe a Triple-A rehab start or some shit like that. Pitchers (and baseball players) are so fucked up and psychological that you can't just pull the dude like that without letting him realize to himself he's probably fucked up, but in a soft-gloved way so that he's not overwhelmed with horrible psyche piledrivers of "I'm fucked up, perhaps forever?" I don't know, if you had told me that in a 5-man rotation Strasburg would be - by far - the weakest link, I wouldn't have seen that shit coming. And yet, that's exactly where we are currently.

Nats were 25-18.

NATS RISE TO GLORY game twenty-eight

So Strasborg left the game very early due to fucked upness in his pitching arm (again). Pitchers of today's standards are put through body motions probably not sustainable so ultimately it becomes a battle of attrition. Luckily the Nats are loaded (on paper at least) at P, but the fact The Guy who was going to change the game forever has not really changed the game forever is always a bummer. At this point (still early in his career? idk) it'd be nice to see Strasborg remain healthy enough to be that wily ass guy towards the upper middle of the rotation, who eats up six innings every fuckin' time, and leaves the team in position to not lose - maybe not win, but at least not lose. I worry about that guy, although Nats are sending him to chiropractor not legit "let's do expensive shit" doctor so who knows? Maybe this is much ado about nothing.
I did catch the highlights on the 10 o'clock news sports, and holy shit I had no idea Ichiro Suzuki still played baseball, nor that he played for the Marlins. A massive thing like BASEBALL is full of so many fuckin' crazy life stories like that - weird little Pete Rose of Japan comes to America, becomes star, and now is playing in Miami? What the fuck does Ichiro Suzuki do in his free time in Miami? Does he like the beach? Go to art galleries? Perhaps he does coke with big-assed whores? WHO KNOWS?
Oh, the Nats lost because Strasborg's chinked armor arm gave up two runs in his three innings, and offense has gone back to OFF switch, so 2-1 was the final.
Nats are 13-15.