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...Crimson shelves its gloves and bats for the summer and thinks back on the year that was, players may cringe a bit when San Diego State senior Stephen Strasburg, who has struck out 23 in one game, one-hit the Netherlands National Team in his first Olympic start, and has been called the greatest prospect ever by Buster Olney, gets selected first overall during the MLB amateur draft in June. To find out why, read on after the jump...
...Strasburg represents an elite breed of college pitcher, with a fastball topping out at an eye-popping 103mph to go along with a nasty 93-94mph slider and devastating curveball. The 20-year old stud might have helped lower Harvard's ERA, considering the former Olympian posted a 1.57 ERA last season and has continued to dominate, going 9-0 so far this year with a 1.54 ERA and 135 strikeouts in just 70.1 innings. Compare that to the Crimson's entire 2009 staff, which logged 211 K's in 332.0 innings. Kids like this make FlyBy...
...might be wondering why Harvard fans should care. Take any all-star and add his stats to your roster fantasy-style and things should be looking up, right?. But trust, we have reason to sigh. Casually mentioned on popular sportsblog Deadspin, it appears Strasburg was recruited by the Crimson when he remained a relatively unheralded prospect coming out of high school. A quick google search provides some confirmation that the claim is true...
Fear in a Small Town. Strasburg, Va., is arguing with the U.S. Census Bureau that its official population count of 2,288 people is too low. But the Shenandoah Valley town has one resident it does not want: a ski-masked white man who has entered eight or more homes, usually just after the husband has left for work in the morning, and raped at least two women. Joann Orndorff, 33, white, was saved when her German shepherd-Labrador retriever, Tippy, attacked the rapist. Mrs. Orndorff, like a score of other Strasburg women, now owns a handgun...
...visit the other night and I'm not done with you yet. No dog is gonna stop me the next time." Recalls Mrs. Orndorff, a mother of three: "That got me mad. I told him a .22 would stop him." She is sure there have been unreported rapes in Strasburg, explaining: "If I'd been raped, I wouldn't have told anyone. This is a small town and people run their mouths...