When Stephen Strasburg didn't sign autographs for every man, woman, and child in Woodbridge, VA

Oh, the humanity! Here's video (via DCGraphs) of Stephen Strasburg making his way out of Pfitzner Stadium Friday night with a police escort, and taking some heat from the crowd of fans and autograph hounds after failing to sign an autograph for each and every man, woman, and child waiting around for his autograph.

There's lots of noise aimed in the direction of Strasburg in the video as he makes his way to his car, but these voices stand out in particular:

"We've been waiting four hours!"

But mostly:  

"Slothburg! Sloth!"

Hmm...pretty sure that conjuring up Strasburg's old nickname from back in the day when he was fat is probably not the best strategy if you're hoping to convince Stras to sign more autographs.

Apparently, it was a mob scene outside the P-Nats' clubhouse; that's exactly how The Washington Times' Nathan Fenno described it on Twitter, an hour or so after Strasburg left the mound in the third inning:

Mob scene outside Potomac's clubhouse. Four police officers block the door. Either Strasburg or The Beatles are inside.
(via @nathanfenno, 8/12/2011)

And just for the record, Stras did sign for the kids:

Around 10:35 p.m., Strasburg...emerged from the clubhouse in front of 400-500 fans who awaited his autograph. He signed only for the children and made several kids’ dreams come true.
(via insideNoVA.com, 8/12/2011)

So Strasburg apparently threw a side session on Sunday, and the location of his next start on Wednesday is TBD: Hagerstown and Syracuse are at home. Here's Strasburg's description of pitching in Woodbridge:

"It was nice not having to drive as far as I did to Hagerstown."
Stephen Strasburg, via insideNoVA.com, 8/13/2011)

Someone might want to tell Stras it's a much longer drive to Syracuse from here.

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Comments

[john]

that fag blocked me on twitter. idk why.

[Scot Graddick]

Well...interesting comments. My 14 year old son and I drove an hour from Orlando to see this guy in Viera. There were about 30 fans max waiting for autographs from him after practice. He signed maybe 10 and walked off. My son ran up beside him and asked him to please sign, as we had driven an hour just to get his signature. He, and some non-player with him, proceeded to take more time explaining to my kid why he wouldn't sign than it would have taken him to sign. About 30 minutes before that, my kid shelled out 28 bucks of his own money for a Strasburg shirt that I'm sure might get tossed now. Oh well. At least my kid learned a valuable lesson. I understand these guys get tired and are busy. It was just a shame for my kid, who was crushed. Same story basically for Bryce Harper. My son had the quiet ride back to Orlando having gone 0-2. Maybe next time. I might add most of the Braves' young (and old) stars were very gracious and signed for my son the day before.