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MIKE WISE Like a Strasburg fastball, bad news also travels fast wise from D1


whiff. Maybe that was part of the


problem: The intense and immediate need for amessiah tomake a dreadful teammatter again. Beware,Wizards fans: Herein lies the danger of attaching all your hope to a kid with promise. “I worry about the build-up


that he had,” Peter Gammons, the former ESPN analyst now with theMLB Network, said by telephone on Friday afternoon. “That there was somuch of a buzz.My guess is he put a great dealmore pressure on himself than he needed to—to get to the big leagues, to fulfill the hype. Imean, his first start was a national story; it was on national TV. That’s not normal. That is a burden, I think, and a pressure thatmay be beyond a 22-year-old kid who has grown very fast in a short period of time.” Let’s be clear: Nationals


President Stan Kasten and GeneralManagerMike Rizzo don’t deserve any second- guessing for how delicately and carefully they handled Strasburg’s one-year ascension to themajors; if anything, their treating the kid like fragile China becomes evenmore justified. (Maybe the “suck it up”


method of dealing with young flamethrowers isn’t so wise, huh, Dibbs?) After the kid with the golden


gun, the guy I feel bad for today is Ryan Zimmerman. Zimis the head of the welcoming committee, fitting the big names and the bonus babies with their first Nationals jerseys at whatever introductory news conference is going on each summer in SoutheastWashington. Last year, it was Strasburg;


Thursday it was 17-year-old BryceHarper, the brash prodigy equal parts ’tude and talent. With Strasburg on themend


andHarper at least a couple years fromthemajors, Zimmerman is back where he’s always been the past five seasons: holding down the fort on a bad baseball team. If anyone beyond Strasburg


JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST Stephen Strasburg, left, andRyan Zimmerman provided quite a 1-2 punch for theNationals.


and his inner circle recognized what Friday’s newsmeant, surely it was Zimmerman. “Obviously, it’d be better if he


was pitching,” he said before Friday night’s game against the Cardinals. “I think it is what it is. There’s nothing you can do about it. You’ve got tomove on. We have a bunch of young pitchers.He was obviously a pretty good one.He’ll be back in 12months or whatever it is and be ready to go. You don’t want that to happen to anyone, but it happens to a lot of pitchers. Pitchers come back and are


better or the same as they were. It’s part of being a pitcher nowadays, I guess.” That’s what he has to say. But


like the rest of us, Zimmerman knows Strasburg was somuch more than a pretty good young pitcher.He was boffo box office, the sole reason the Nationals became a national story this past June.What other rookie right-hander was asked to read David Letterman’s Top 10 list twomonths ago? Andmake nomistake:


Tommy John surgery isn’t a legal performance-enhancer; if


it were, warped parents would be having their kids’ elbows operated on inWilliamsport. It’s a bad thing for a young phenom. It’s a bad thing for a franchise that just stopped mattering again until 2012. It’s okay, Zim. You don’t have


to pretend this didn’t hurt. That’s for 22-year-olds who


still don’t want to admit their dreamrookie season ended with amedical diagnosis, instead of another standing- room-only strikeout. wisem@washpost.com


SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL NFLPRESEASON


AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST


W L T Pct PF PA


Miami...................................... 2 1 0 .666 43 49 New England........................... 2 1 0 .666 90 70 Buffalo.................................... 1 1 0 .500 51 63 N.Y. Jets ................................. 1 2 0 .333 36 50


SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA


Tennessee .............................. 1 1 0 .500 42 30 Houston.................................. 0 2 0 .000 36 57 Jacksonville ............................ 0 2 0 .000 53 55 Indianapolis ............................ 0 3 0 .000 62 130


NORTH W L T Pct PF PA


Baltimore................................ 2 0 0 1.00 40 15 Pittsburgh .............................. 2 0 0 1.00 47 24 Cincinnati................................ 2 1 0 .666 62 49 Cleveland ................................ 1 1 0 .500 44 43


WEST W L T Pct PF PA


Oakland................................... 2 0 0 1.00 49 26 xSan Diego.............................. 1 1 0 .500 39 26 Denver .................................... 0 2 0 .000 44 58 xKansas City........................... 0 2 0 .000 25 40


NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST


WESTERN CONF. W L T Los Angeles .............. 13 4 4 Real Salt Lake .......... 11 4 6 Dallas .......................... 9 2 9 San Jose ..................... 8 6 5 Seattle ........................ 8 8 5 Colorado ..................... 7 6 7 Houston ...................... 6 10 5 Chivas USA ................. 5 11 4


SATURDAY’S GAMES


Dallas at Columbus, 4 Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 7 Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 San Jose at New York, 7:30 Houston at Colorado, 9:30 Kansas City at Los Angeles, 10:30 Chicago at Seattle FC, 10:30


W L T Pct PF PA


Washington............................ 2 1 0 .666 61 51 Dallas...................................... 2 1 0 .666 41 38 N.Y. Giants ............................. 1 1 0 .500 48 40 xPhiladelphia.......................... 1 1 0 .500 37 49


SOUTH W L T Pct PF PA


xNew Orleans ......................... 1 1 0 .500 62 47 Tampa Bay.............................. 1 1 0 .500 27 25 Atlanta ................................... 1 2 0 .333 46 44 Carolina................................... 0 2 0 .000 15 26


NORTH W L T Pct PF PA


Green Bay ............................... 2 1 0 .666 110 75 Minnesota .............................. 1 1 0 .500 38 22 Detroit .................................... 1 1 0 .500 32 43 Chicago ................................... 0 2 0 .000 27 57


WEST W L


San Francisco........................2 0 St. Louis................................2 1 Seattle ..................................1 1 Arizona .................................1 1


x-Lategame.


FRIDAY'S RESULTS Washington 16, at N.Y. Jets 11 Atlanta 16, at Miami 6 San Diego at New Orleans, Late Philadelphia at Kansas City, Late


SATURDAY'S GAMES


Cleveland at Detroit, Late Cincinnati at Buffalo, Late N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, Late Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, Late Dallas at Houston, Late Tennessee at Carolina, Late Seattle at Minnesota, Late Arizona at Chicago, Late San Francisco at Oakland, Late


SUNDAY'S GAMES Pittsburgh at Denver, Late


CANADIANFOOTBALL LEAGUE


EAST DIVISION W L Montreal ......................6 2 Toronto.........................5 3 Hamilton ......................4 4 Winnipeg......................2 6


WEST DIVISION W L xCalgary .......................6 1 Saskatchewan..............5 2 Edmonton.....................1 6 xB.C. .............................1 6


x-Lategame. FRIDAY’S RESULT Calgary at B.C., Late


SATURDAY’S GAME Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 7


T 0 0 0 0


T 0 0 0 0


Pts PF PA 12 269 193 10 191 215 8 4


201 215 224 244


Pts PF PA 12 223 142 10 235 196 2 2


145 239 135 179


LATESTLINE NFLPRESEASON


SATURDAY FAVORITE at Detroit Cincinnati


Jacksonville at Baltimore at Houston


at Minnesota at Carolina at Chicago at Oakland


SUNDAY Pittsburgh


LINE 21/2 21/2 21/2


4 3


51/2 3


31/2 1


2


UNDERDOG Cleveland at Buffalo


at Tampa Bay N.Y. Giants Dallas


Seattle


Tennessee Arizona


San Francisco at Denver


T Pct PF PA 0 1.00 52 27 0 .666 62 80 0 .500 44 45 0 .500 29 40


SUNDAY’S GAME D.C. United at Chivas USA, 10


WOMEN'SPROFESSIONAL SOCCER


W L


y-FC Gold Pride...........13 3 Philadelphia ...............10 7 Boston..........................8 7 Washington .................6 8 Sky Blue FC ..................7 9 Chicago.........................5 11 Atlanta.........................5 10


y- clinched conference SATURDAY’S GAMES


Sky Blue FC at Washington, 7 FC Gold Pride at Atlanta, 7 SUNDAY’S GAME Boston at Philadelphia, 6


BASEBALL


LITTLELEAGUE WORLDSERIES In South Williamsport, Pa.


DoubleElimination; x-ifnecessary


FRIDAY’S RESULT Waipahu, Hawaii 12, Columbus, Ga. 5 (Columbus elim.)


SATURDAY’S GAMES INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Tokyo vs. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP Pearland, Texas vs. Waipahu, Hawaii, following SUNDAY’S GAMES


At Lamade Stadium THIRD PLACE International runner-up vs. U.S. runner-up, 11 a.m. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP International champion vs. U.S. champion, 3


T 4 4 5 7 4 6 5


Pts GF GA 43 34 29 25 25 21 20


33 35 31 29 18 17 18


16 28 24 30 28 26 30


Pts GF GA 43 39 36 29 29 28 23 19


32 36 28 22 23 22 27 22


14 16 17 20 25 21 33 26


SOCCER


MAJORLEAGUESOCCER EASTERN CONF. W L T


Columbus .................. 12 5 4 New York .................. 10 7 4 Toronto FC .................. 7 8 5 Chicago ....................... 6 6 6 Kansas City ................ 6 9 5 New England .............. 6 11 3 Philadelphia ................ 4 11 5 D.C. United ................. 4 14 3


31 25 22 26 19 20 23 15


Pts GF GA 40 34 26 24 23 21 17 15


20 23 25 26 23 33 36 35


BASKETBALL


WNBAPLAYOFFS Best-of-Three;x-ifnecessary


EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTA DEF. WASHINGTON, 2-0


Game 1: Atlanta 95, at Washington 90 Game 2: at Atlanta 101, Washington 77


NEWYORK LEADS INDIANA, 1-0 Game 1: at New York 85, Indiana 73 Sunday: New York at Indiana, 8 x-Wednesday Sept. 1: Indiana at New York, 7:30


WESTERN CONFERENCE SEATTLE LEADS LOS ANGELES, 1-0


Game 1: at Seattle 79, Los Angeles 66 Saturday: Seattle at Los Angeles, 3 x-Tuesday, Aug. 31: Los Angeles at Seattle, 10


PHOENIX LEADS SAN ANTONIO, 1-0


Game 1: at Phoenix 106, San Antonio 93 Saturday: Phoenix at San Antonio, 1 x-Monday: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10


DREAM101,MYSTICS77 WASHINGTON


MIN


Sanford Currie


Langhorne Smith


Harding Ajavon Melvin


Coleman Houts


Monroe TOTALS


13:37 29:43


FG FT O-T A PF PTS. 2-4 1-2 1-3 0 4


FIBAWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS


PRELIMINARY ROUND


Topfourineachgroupadvancetoeighth-finals; Twopointsforavictory,oneforaloss


GROUP A In Kayseri, Turkey TEAM


GOLF


PGA THE BARCLAYS


At Ridgewood Country Club; In Paramus, N.J. Purse: $7.5 million; Yardage: 7,319; Par: 71


SECOND ROUND, LEADING SCORES Jason Day .................................... 67 67 — 134


Angola ............................... 0 Argentina .......................... 0 Australia............................ 0 Germany............................ 0 Jordan................................ 0 Serbia ................................ 0


SATURDAY’S GAMES


Australia vs. Jordan, 9:30 a.m. Angola vs. Serbia, Noon SUNDAY’S GAMES


Jordan vs. Angola, 9:30 a.m. Serbia vs. Germany, Noon Argentina vs. Australia, 2:30 Germany vs. Argentina, 2:30


5


33:34 5-11 1-1 4-7 2 4 11 18:56


2-9 7-9 3-7 1 4 12 2-5 0-0 0-3 0 5


27:39 2-11 2-2 0-0 1 4 23:43 6-15 7-11 0-0 3 3 20 13:12


4 7


31:50 3-13 2-3 1-4 1 3 3:53 3:53


3-4 3-4 1-1 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1


0-0 0-0 0-1 0 1


9 9 0 0


200 25-72 23-32 10-27 9 30 77


Percentages: FG .347, FT .719. 3-Point Goals: 4-17, .235 (Harding 1-1, Currie 1-3, Ajavon 1-4, Coleman 1-6, Melvin 0-1, Smith 0-2). Blocked Shots: 1 (Sanford). Turnovers: 10 (Langhorne 3, Currie 2, Ajavon, Harding, Melvin, Sanford, Smith). Steals: 10 (Ajavon 2, Harding 2, Coleman, Currie, Melvin, Monroe, Sanford, Smith). Technical Fouls: None.


ATLANTA MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS.


Castro Marques 26:59 7-15 4-8 0-4 2 0 21 McCoughtry Lyttle Price


CMiller


Desouza Bales


Lehning


Leuchanka Raven


TOTALS


20:45 8-15 4-5 3-7 4 6 21 19:58 30:23 23:00 14:19 20:01 25:44 15:24 3:27


5-7 10-12 3-10 1 2 20 2-8 2-2 2-5 6 3 4-9 0-0 2-4 3 0 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 5 2-3 0-0 0-5 1 3 2-3 3-6 0-5 9 1 3-5 1-2 0-2 0 4 0-1 3-4 1-1 0 1


6 9 2 4 7 8 3


200 34-70 27-39 11-45 27 25 101


Percentages: FG .486, FT .692. 3-Point Goals: 6-14, .429 (Castro Marques 3-5, McCoughtry 1-1, Leuchanka 1-2, C.Miller 1-3, Bales 0-1, Lehning 0-1, Raven 0-1). Blocked Shots: 3 (Bales 2, McCoughtry). Turnovers: 14 (Price 3, Bales 2, Castro Marques 2, C.Miller 2, Desouza, Lehning, Leuchanka, Lyttle, Raven). Steals: 7 (McCoughtry 4, C.Miller 2, Lehning). Technical Fouls: None.


Washington ........................ 21 7 15 34 — 77


Atlanta ............................... 17 33 25 26 — 101 A: 7,890 (10,160). T: 2:10.


GROUP B In Istanbul


TEAM


Brazil ................................. 0 Croatia ............................... 0 Iran .................................... 0 Slovenia............................. 0 Tunisia............................... 0 United States .................... 0


SATURDAY’S GAMES


Tunisia vs. Slovenia, 9:30 a.m. United States vs. Croatia, Noon Iran vs. Brazil, 2:30


SUNDAY’S GAMES


Slovenia vs. United States, 9:30 a.m. Croatia vs. Iran, Noon Brazil vs. Tunisia, 2:30


MONDAY’S GAMES


Slovenia vs. Croatia, 9:30 a.m. Tunisia vs. Iran, Noon United States vs. Brazil, 2:30


WEDNESDAY’S GAMES


Croatia vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m. Iran vs. United States, Noon Brazil vs. Slovenia, 2:30


THURSDAY’S GAMES


United States vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m. Slovenia vs. Iran, Noon Brazil vs. Croatia, 2:30


GROUP C In Ankara, Turkey


TEAM


China.................................. 0 Greece................................ 0 Ivory Coast ........................ 0 Puerto Rico........................ 0 Russia................................ 0 Turkey................................ 0


TENNIS


ATP-WTA PILOT PEN TENNIS


At The Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale In New Haven, Conn. Purse: Men, $750,000 (WT250) Purse: Women, $600,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor


SINGLES—MEN—SEMIFINALS


S. Stakhovsky (9), Ukraine, def. T. de Bakker (12), Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4; D. Istomin (15), Uzbekistan, def. V. Troicki (10), Serbia, 7-6 (12-10), 3-6, 6-2.


DOUBLES—MEN—SEMIFINALS


R. Bopanna, India, and A. Qureshi, Pakistan, def. M. Bhupathi, India, and M. Mirnyi (2), Belarus, 6-4, 6-4. SINGLES—WOMEN—SEMIFINALS


Nadia Petrova (8), Russia, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).


DOUBLES—WOMEN—SEMIFINALS


B. Mattek-Sands and M. Shaughnessy, USA, def. H. Su-wei, Taiwan, and P. Shuai, China, 7-5, 6-1; K. Peschke, Czech Rep., and K. Srebotnik (1), Slovenia, def. A. M. Garrigues, Spain, and Y. Zi, China, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 10-6 tiebreak.


SATURDAY’S GAMES


Greece vs. China, 9 a.m. Russia vs. Puerto Rico, 11:30 a.m. Ivory Coast vs. Turkey, 2


GROUP D In Izmir, Turkey


TEAM


Canada............................... 0 France................................ 0 Lebanon ............................. 0 Lithuania ........................... 0 New Zealand...................... 0 Spain.................................. 0


SATURDAY’S GAMES


New Zealand vs. Lithuania, 9 a.m. Canada vs. Lebanon, 11:30 a.m. France vs. Spain, 2


SUNDAY’S GAMES


Lithuania vs. Canada, 9 a.m. Lebanon vs. France, 11:30 a.m. Spain vs. New Zealand, 2


GP W 0 0 0 0 0 0


L 0 0 0 0 0 0


Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0


GP W 0 0 0 0 0 0


L 0 0 0 0 0 0


Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0


GP W 0 0 0 0 0 0


L 0 0 0 0 0 0


Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0


GP W 0 0 0 0 0 0


L 0 0 0 0 0 0


Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0


Kevin Streelman ......................... 72 63 — 135 Vaughn Taylor ............................. 65 70 — 135 Stewart Cink ............................... 67 69 — 136 Martin Laird ................................ 69 67 — 136 John Senden ............................... 67 69 — 136 Webb Simpson ............................ 72 65 — 137 Adam Scott ................................. 66 71 — 137 Ben Crane .................................... 67 70 — 137 Padraig Harrington ..................... 69 68 — 137 Tim Petrovic ................................ 68 69 — 137 Ryuji Imada ................................. 72 65 — 137 Matt Kuchar ................................ 68 69 — 137 D.J. Trahan .................................. 67 71 — 138 Zach Johnson .............................. 69 69 — 138 Paul Casey ................................... 69 69 — 138 Tiger Woods ................................ 65 73 — 138 Heath Slocum ............................. 67 71 — 138 Brian Gay .................................... 66 72 — 138 Jonathan Byrd ............................. 67 72 — 139 Michael Sim ................................ 69 70 — 139 Bryce Molder ............................... 72 67 — 139 Charlie Wi ................................... 69 70 — 139 Josh Teater ................................. 68 71 — 139 Sean O'Hair ................................. 69 70 — 139 Angel Cabrera ............................. 68 71 — 139 Chris Couch ................................. 67 72 — 139 David Duval ................................. 68 72 — 140 Robert Allenby ............................ 73 67 — 140 Dustin Johnson ........................... 71 69 — 140 Y.E. Yang ..................................... 73 67 — 140 Charley Hoffman ........................ 68 72 — 140 D.A. Points .................................. 70 70 — 140 Pat Perez ..................................... 67 73 — 140 Troy Matteson ............................ 71 69 — 140 Marc Leishman ........................... 70 70 — 140 Nick Watney ............................... 69 71 — 140 Steve Stricker ............................. 70 70 — 140 Ryan Palmer ................................ 66 74 — 140 Retief Goosen ............................. 70 70 — 140 Greg Chalmers ............................ 70 71 — 141 Kevin Na ...................................... 72 69 — 141 Rickie Fowler .............................. 71 70 — 141 Justin Rose ................................. 72 69 — 141 Jeff Overton ................................ 68 73 — 141 Spencer Levin ............................. 72 69 — 141 Robert Garrigus .......................... 69 72 — 141 Davis Love III .............................. 67 74 — 141 J.J. Henry .................................... 68 73 — 141 Camilo Villegas ........................... 67 74 — 141 Hunter Mahan ............................. 70 71 — 141 Bubba Watson ............................ 71 70 — 141 Stuart Appleby ........................... 70 71 — 141 Chad Campbell ............................ 72 69 — 141 Stephen Ames ............................ 73 68 — 141 J.P. Hayes ................................... 72 69 — 141


CHAMPIONSTOUR BOEING CLASSIC


At TPC Snoqualmie Ridge; In Snoqualmie, Wash. Purse: $1.9 million; Yardage: 7,183


FIRST ROUND, LEADING SCORES Nick Price .........................32-31 —


Tom Pernice, Jr. ...............32-32 — Hal Sutton........................33-33 — Bernhard Langer..............33-33 — Mark Wiebe .....................35-32 — Gil Morgan .......................33-34 —


PGAEUROPEAN


JOHNNIEWALKER CHAMPIONSHIP At The Gleneagles Hotel; In Gleneagles, Scotland Purse: $2.16 million; Yardage: 7,316


SECOND ROUND, LEADING SCORES


Julien Guerrier, France................... 68-67 — 135 Gary Boyd, England ........................ 67-68 — 135 David Lynn, England....................... 67-68 — 135 Stephen Gallacher, Scotland.......... 67-70 — 137 Mark Foster, England ..................... 70-67 — 137 George Coetzee, South Africa........ 69-68 — 137 Gregory Bourdy, France.................. 68-70 — 138 Francesco Molinari, Italy................ 68-70 — 138 Paul McGinley, Ireland ................... 68-70 — 138 Marc Warren, Scotland .................. 68-70 — 138 Robert Rock, England ..................... 67-71 — 138 Edoardo Molinari, Italy................... 70-68 — 138 Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain......... 70-68 — 138 Peter Hanson, Sweden................... 69-69 — 138 Simon Dyson, England.................... 68-70 — 138


63 64 66 66 67 67


-8 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1


LPGA


CANADIANWOMEN'S OPEN At St. Charles Country Club;In Winnipeg, Manitoba Purse: $2.25 million; Yardage: 6,572


SECOND ROUND, LEADING SCORES


Michelle Wie ............................... 65 69 — 134 Jiyai Shin .................................... 70 67 — 137 Morgan Pressel ........................... 72 66 — 138 Suzann Pettersen ....................... 69 69 — 138 Jee Young Lee ............................. 72 67 — 139 Na Yeon Choi ............................... 72 67 — 139 Sarah Jane Smith ....................... 75 66 — 141 Karine Icher ................................ 72 69 — 141 Karin Sjodin ................................ 71 70 — 141


AUTORACING NASCAR


CAMPINGWORLD TRUCK ENJOYILLINOIS.COM225 LINEUP


After Friday’s qualifying; Friday’s late race At Chicagoland Speedway; In Joliet, Ill. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses)


1. (30) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 173.840 mph 2. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 173.650 3. (31) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 173.433 4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 173.110 5. (13) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 172.938 6. (2) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet, 172.911 7. (33) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, 172.734 8. (51) Aric Almirola, Toyota, 172.375 9. (60) Narain Karthikeyan, Chevrolet, 172.375 10. (7) Justin Lofton, Toyota, 172.353 11. (23) Jason White, Chevrolet, 172.348 12. (21) David Starr, Chevrolet, 171.657 13. (4) Ricky Carmichael, Chevrolet, 171.532 14. (84) Chris Fontaine, Chevrolet, 171.412 15. (17) Timothy Peters, Toyota, 171.396 16. (5) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 171.211 17. (90) Brad Sweet, Toyota, 171.059 18. (88) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 170.940 19. (39) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 170.881 20. (15) Johanna Long, Toyota, 170.455 21. (73) Rick Crawford, Chevrolet, 169.598 22. (07) Tony Jackson Jr., Chevrolet, 169.497 23. (87) Chris Jones, Chevrolet, 169.157 24. (86) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 169.152 25. (41) Steve Park, Toyota, 169.051 26. (12) Mario Gosselin, Chevrolet, 168.067 27. (95) Tim Andrews, Dodge, 167.806 28. (89) Mike Harmon, Ford, 167.733 29. (10) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Ford, 167.012 30. (46) J C Stout, Dodge, 165.649 31. (85) Brent Raymer, Ford, 165.128 32. (47) Lance Fenton, Chevrolet, 160.085 33. (6) Ken Butler III, Chevrolet, owners points 34. (57) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, owners points 35. (01) Jerick Johnson, Chevrolet, owners points 36. (93) Mike Garvey, Chevrolet, 167.385.


IRL


PEAK ANTIFREEZE ANDMOTOR OIL INDY 300 LINEUP


After Friday’s qualifying; Saturday’s race At Chicagoland Speedway; Joliet, Ill. Lap length: 1.5 miles; (Car number in parentheses)


AllcarsDallarachassis,Hondaengine


1. (6) Ryan Briscoe, 216.346 mph 2. (10) Dario Franchitti, 215.593 3. (12) Will Power, 215.521 4. (3) Helio Castroneves, 215.475 5. (26) Marco Andretti, 215.321 6. (02) Graham Rahal, 215.314 7. (4) Dan Wheldon, 215.099 8. (06) Hideki Mutoh, 215.055 9. (37) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 214.979 10. (5) Takuma Sato, 214.945 11. (20) Ed Carpenter, 214.831 12. (7) Danica Patrick, 214.75 13. (11) Tony Kanaan, 214.632 14. (19) Alex Lloyd, 214.468 15. (9) Scott Dixon, 214.269 16. (8) E.J. Viso, 214.21 17. (36) Tomas Scheckter, 214.093 18. (2) Raphael Matos, 213.975 19. (77) Alex Tagliani, 213.91 20. (34) Bertrand Baguette, 213.682 21. (32) Mario Moraes, 213.458 22. (24) Ana Beatriz, 213.429 23. (22) Justin Wilson, 213.385 24. (14) Vitor Meira, 213.106 25. (67) Sarah Fisher, 213.095 26. (18) Milka Duno, 212.777 27. (78) Simona de Silvestro, 212.66 28. (21) Davey Hamilton, 212.484 29. (66) Jay Howard, 212.097.


-10 -7 -6 -6 -5 -5 -3 -3 -3


SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2010 StrasburgQ&As Excerpts fromonline discus-


sions hosted Friday by baseball beat writer Dave Sheinin and columnist Thomas Boswell at washingtonpost.com/sports.


Q:Was Boswell right last year


when he argued that it is unwise to draft a pitcher so high? Sheinin: I don’t know that


there’s a correct answer here. Yeah, Boz was correct in point- ing out the checkered history of pitching phenoms, and the long history of arminjuries to hard- throwing pitchers. But if Ste- phen Strasburg sits out 2011, then goes on to have a Hall of Fame career, would it still be a mistake? I’mnot saying that will happen, but I think what’s really unwise is leaping to conclusions about the rest of Strasburg’s ca- reer based on this. Tommy John surgery is commonplace and comes with a very high degree of success.


Q: FromStrasburg’smedical


history, was this something that theymay have seen coming? I don’t knowmuch about his col- lege injuries, but fromwhat I’ve heard, this isn’t a total surprise. Is that correct? Is it better that this happened early in his career rather than in three years? Boswell: There is no better or


worse time. You can come back fromthe surgery when you are deep into your 30s, like Billy Wagner or [John] Smoltz after he’d already thrown 2,000 in- nings. Everybody is going to claim


they are a genius now and “called this one.” I’mnot. I wrote last year that no No. 1 overall draft pick had ever become a great pitcher . . . and that the salary that the Nats gave Stras- burg should be sane because it should incorporate the high probability of any pitcher get- ting severely injured. Now you see the reason why. There will now be analysis of


hismechanics and the supposed “reverseW” in his delivery.Well, seriousmedical papers were written onMark Prior’s “perfect” mechanics—just before his ca- reer started going to hell. Nobody knows.


Q: Is there anything the Na-


tionals could have done to catch this condition earlier?


Sheinin: Honestly, I don’t


think so. The baselineMRI exam (taken before they signed him) was “pristine,” to use Rizzo’s


term. They were conservative with his development—almost to the point of absurdity. Some- onemight say the shoulder stiff- ness in Julymay have altered the “kinetic chain” and caused a compensation in his delivery that affected the elbow. But that’s highly speculative, and the Nationals were very conserva- tive in the way they brought him back fromthe type of injury (if you can call it that) that pitchers pitch through all the time.


Q:We keep hearing the re-


frain that “throwing a baseball is an unnatural act,” or some- thing to that effect. How come more coaches/kinesiologists don’t seemto want to come up with a different way of throwing a baseball that doesn’t put so much strain on the ligaments? Boswell: Look at old tape of


Walter Johnson.When he threw he braced against a stiff front leg and whipped his armsidearm. No follow-through. Like crack- ing a whip. Themost unnatural thing I’ve ever seen. You’d think his career would have last about 10 innings. But he struck out over 3,000.


Strasburg lasted 10 weeks so far. What we don’t know about pitcher’s armsmight clog the whole Internet.


Q:What is it with this current


generation?Why are somany pitchers since about 1995 break- ing down this way? Sheinin: Three possible expla-


nations: (1) Pitchers now grow up pitching year-round (in warm-climate states), and all those innings add up. (2)We have better diagnosticmethods (MRIs, et al.) to catch these inju- ries. (3)With the explosion of media, we know aboutmany more instances than we did 20, 30 or 40 years ago.


Q:Why do you think this


seemingly popped up out of no- where? Sheinin: Here’s one possible


explanation: I’ve had several young pitchers tellme their bod- ies react differently to pitching in themajors, in relation to pitching at any other level. There’s added adrenaline, which makes your body go at a higher gear. They’ve toldme the next- day soreness, which is typical of any pitching situation, feels worse in themajors because of that.


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