Up above: a source with no knowledge of the situation has floated a copy of the eye test Mike Rizzo might use to make the final call on when to shut down Stephen Strasburg this season. Go ahead: take the test with each eye covered and see how you fare.
"There is no magic number. It will be the eye test. Davey (Johnson) won't decide and ownership won't decide. It will be the general manager, and that's me."
(Mike Rizzo, via ESPN.com, 7/20/2012)
(Screencap via http://www.eyechartmaker.com/)
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My eyes are bad. Something about a Donut Hut?
Posted by: Harper Gordek | August 24, 2012 at 05:07 PM
Exactly!
Posted by: Nats Enquirer | August 24, 2012 at 08:08 PM
It seems as if the media is heading up the protest against shutting down Strasburg after a pre-determined number of innings set by the Nationals' pitching experts. For God sakes - don't let some bystanders control your decisions! Often, young and/or recovering pitchers are limited to ensure their futures, and if this is the opinion of the team, go with it! The current team management has this team at the top of the baseball world, so give them a little credit on their recent decisions. Probably some media big-mouths have him on their fantasy teams and want him to keep pitching for their fantasy stats...
Posted by: Scott | August 25, 2012 at 02:27 AM
I was tired of this discussion in February.
As if anything said by anyone not named Lerner, Boras or Rizzo would have any effect.
BTW - Thank you Dodgers! When the $154,000,000 player explains THE COLLAPSE as, "It was God's Plan." you know that you bought a pig in a poke.
Boston Herald headline today, "Bums Away". "Bums to Bums" might have been better.
At least it wasn't the NL East.
Posted by: Nor'Easter | August 25, 2012 at 02:35 PM
BTW - The eye chart is funny.
Posted by: Nor'Easter | August 25, 2012 at 03:06 PM
TRY THIS ONE:
MIKERIZZOYOUBIGDUMMYLOVETHENATIONALMEDIA
Posted by: just stop | August 25, 2012 at 09:03 PM