Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisFlow: Strasburg Should Be Demoted
August 11th 2010 10:18
1. I am not the first Orble sports blogger to say that Strasburg should be out of the big leagues for the rest of the year. Stephen Strasburg just came off the DL for right shoulder inflammation. That is a serious injury because it can be aggravated. He should be resting and sparingly making minor league starts. I think the Nationals lied about how they would handle the situation.
What I am saying has nothing to do with Strasburg's last start- which had to do with great hitting from the Marlins rather than the pitcher's skills. I am saying this because injuries to young starting pitchers can ruin careers.
2. Speaking of injuries, Chipper Jones is injured. This is a very significant injury. It is a knee injury, but that's beside the point. Chipper is a declining 38 year old third baseman. He is nearing retirement age. This injury could force Jones into retirement. Which would mean the ending of a legendary career.
3. Speaking of legends, I keep hearing talk about Terrell Owens and the Hall of Fame. People argue that numbers aren't everything. That's true, but Owens has been amazing his entire career. He produced under poor quarterbacks like Jeff Garcia. Last year he caught 800 yards with Trent Edwards as a quarterback. Haha! Trent Edwards! Anyway, stats do mean a lot; especially to HOF voters. Owens is a Hall of Famer in my mind.
Who cares about his antics? Quite a bit of the players in the Hall of Fame did stupid things, things worth than Owens. When you think about it, T.O.'s off the field attitude wasn't bad. Sure there were sketchy moments, but he actually saved somebody's life once. Hey critics, you forgot about that one right? Oh you didn't know. OK, shows how much you know.
4. Carson Palmer says that T.O. joining Ochocinco will help Palmer focus more on football. Here are some quotes:
“The defense would roll three people to Chad’s side and we were done,” said Palmer. “It’s extremely frustrating. When we were throwing it for 400 yards a game and losing, that’s frustrating, too. But to lose and one of the big reasons we lost was our inability to move the ball down the field, that was very frustrating. I love throwing the ball over their heads. I love throwing the deep outs, the deep digs. We need to do that to be the balanced offense we talk about.”
“I like going out in pregame and the attention is all on Chad. That’s fine,” Palmer said. “That’s perfectly fine with me because I can go warm up with nobody bothering me. If it’s all going to be focused on them, I can go about my business. They can do the star stuff. I prefer not to have that attention. To have two guys who can talk to NFL Films and do that, great."
“If that helps them get into the game and get prepared and get into game mode, fine. I don’t need that to get into game mode. That’s why I said, great, bring [Owens] here. Let’s get it done.”
“The important part is that between he and I we keep an open line of communication because if you let one little thing about something they did bug you and you don’t talk about it, it goes into something else. Then, all of a sudden, a week later, something is going to happen and you’re arguing about what happened last week. So he and I just have great communication. If I do something wrong, we talk about it. If he does something wrong, we talk about it,” said Palmer.
What I am saying has nothing to do with Strasburg's last start- which had to do with great hitting from the Marlins rather than the pitcher's skills. I am saying this because injuries to young starting pitchers can ruin careers.
2. Speaking of injuries, Chipper Jones is injured. This is a very significant injury. It is a knee injury, but that's beside the point. Chipper is a declining 38 year old third baseman. He is nearing retirement age. This injury could force Jones into retirement. Which would mean the ending of a legendary career.
3. Speaking of legends, I keep hearing talk about Terrell Owens and the Hall of Fame. People argue that numbers aren't everything. That's true, but Owens has been amazing his entire career. He produced under poor quarterbacks like Jeff Garcia. Last year he caught 800 yards with Trent Edwards as a quarterback. Haha! Trent Edwards! Anyway, stats do mean a lot; especially to HOF voters. Owens is a Hall of Famer in my mind.
Who cares about his antics? Quite a bit of the players in the Hall of Fame did stupid things, things worth than Owens. When you think about it, T.O.'s off the field attitude wasn't bad. Sure there were sketchy moments, but he actually saved somebody's life once. Hey critics, you forgot about that one right? Oh you didn't know. OK, shows how much you know.
4. Carson Palmer says that T.O. joining Ochocinco will help Palmer focus more on football. Here are some quotes:
“The defense would roll three people to Chad’s side and we were done,” said Palmer. “It’s extremely frustrating. When we were throwing it for 400 yards a game and losing, that’s frustrating, too. But to lose and one of the big reasons we lost was our inability to move the ball down the field, that was very frustrating. I love throwing the ball over their heads. I love throwing the deep outs, the deep digs. We need to do that to be the balanced offense we talk about.”
“I like going out in pregame and the attention is all on Chad. That’s fine,” Palmer said. “That’s perfectly fine with me because I can go warm up with nobody bothering me. If it’s all going to be focused on them, I can go about my business. They can do the star stuff. I prefer not to have that attention. To have two guys who can talk to NFL Films and do that, great."
“If that helps them get into the game and get prepared and get into game mode, fine. I don’t need that to get into game mode. That’s why I said, great, bring [Owens] here. Let’s get it done.”
“The important part is that between he and I we keep an open line of communication because if you let one little thing about something they did bug you and you don’t talk about it, it goes into something else. Then, all of a sudden, a week later, something is going to happen and you’re arguing about what happened last week. So he and I just have great communication. If I do something wrong, we talk about it. If he does something wrong, we talk about it,” said Palmer.
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