Rob Dibble

Born on today's date, Rob Dibble.

"So for me, a little bit has to be put back on (Stephen) Strasburg here. Ok, you threw a pitch, and you immediately call out the manager and the trainer? Suck it up kid. This is your profession. You chose to be a baseball player. You can't have the cavalry come in and save your butt every time you feel a little stiff shoulder or sore elbow."

Strasburg is doing it all wrong!

Good thing I got this internet thing to alert me to it.

So his changeup is over 10 MPH faster than my heater!

Just look at all the advantages he had growing up!

Electricity! Indoor plumbing! A roof with no thatch!

Don't discount upbringing now!

How do you know when your team sees you as just "some guy"?

When they send you BACK out to pitch after a two hour plus rain delay.*

Stephen Strasburg will never experience this. Well if he has 6 or 7 Todd Van Poppel years, then yes but until then....

*The Phillies said "no-go" with Roy Oswalt. Not just "some guy".

Who's gonna tell that new Nationals draft pick....

....that they only need him so to harvest a ligament for Strasburg?

Surely, they don't tell him until after he signs, right?

Life in the big city.

Of course, Stephen Strasburg had no chance at the AL Rookie of the Year because he only threw 68 innings

Of course, Neftali Feliz won.

He threw 69.

Who says closers are "underrated"?

The Yankees aren't dummies!

From now on it is not mandatory but definitely HIGHLY recommended.

You can all apologize now!

They laughed when fresh out of sex rehab, I said the Nationals should trade Strasburg for Oswalt!

Laughed!

Who's laughing now?!

Hey, does anybody know when Dibble's job is going to be posted?

Nationals say Stephen Strasburg has torn ligament in right elbow and needs Tommy John surgery

Rob Dibble still on mid-season "vacation" from Nats radio gig.

No return in sight for either.

Employees in Nats ticket offices await layoffs.

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Rob Dibble says Stephen Strasburg is a wussy

"So for me, a little bit has to be put back on Strasburg here. Ok, you throw a pitch, it bothers your arm, and you immediately call out the manager and the trainer? Suck it up kid. This is your profession. You chose to be a baseball player. You can't have the cavalry come in and save your butt every time you feel a little stiff shoulder, sore elbow."

"This is the major leagues. This is not college any more. You're not on scholarship. You're being paid to do the job and guys depend on you, and I think it's unfortunate that the Nationals and the team are in a situation here where this kid now, he feels any kind of arm pain, he's gonna call you out? That's scary to me."

"You give these guys $15 million bucks, please. Get your butt out there and play every fifth day."

Rob Dibble on his XM MLB Network Radio show.

Dusty Baker whole-heartedly agrees!

Worked for Mark Prior! He is still pitching in a league you know!

These radio guys might be just a little overpaid if you ask me.

They paid for Stephen Strasburg and got Miggy Batista?!

They gotta do something "extra" for the fans, right?

Miggy for Strasburg?!

Think quick and now!

Do they have any explosives on site? Could they do an impromptu fireworks show after the game?

Gotta do something.

What about that famous U.S. Marine Band? They gotta be close, right?

If the clarinet guys can't make it, this still might be ok. The fans will probably accept a bunch of horns but would at least want tubas.

I am sure that the Nats can scrounge up a bunch of chairs and arrange them in a semi-circle.

MUST. DO. SOMETHING!

Stephen Strasburg is not exactly on Ozzie Guillen's radar

This quote from Ozzie Guillen on the White Sox recent sweep of the Nationals from the AP story on yesterday's White Sox/Braves game.

"We only scored one run against the first guy, Starborough, or whatever his name is."

Oh well.

One less guy to bid against on ebay.

A new low for the Indians?

The first (I am guessing) all-opponent merchandise stand at Cleveland's Progressive Field.

Ok but I want the SAME courtesy with Tigers stuff when I visit in July.

Gotta be fair, you know.

Ok, but it's the Pirates!

They are probably a step down from the AA and AAA teams Strasburg has been facing.

14 ks? Hey it's the Pirates where theoretically it could have been 27! Or 28 if you are Armando Galarraga with Jim Joyce behind the plate. So not so great an outing for Strasburg if you ask me. Sorry.

No walks? Hey it's obvious the Pirates aren't taking any pitches! Think about that! You can bet a team like the Braves will be more patient and only strike out like 12 times.

The guy is not Superman.

You wait until that Halloween guy gets out there and bats him all around.*

Calm down, ok?

*Look I know they are going to play on the same team but work with me here. No doubt the Halloween guy rips him apart in those simulation leagues.

He left money on the table!

So Stephen Strasburg (presumably) ends his minor league career with a .400 batting average and a .900 OPS.

I know this. Scott Boras is kicking himself right now..

If he had known, he would have compared him to Bob Gibson and claimed that his hitting was really the key to the Cardinals 1967 World Series championship etc etc etc.

Live and learn.

He said what?

So Steve Phillips said on New York's WFAN that if he were the Nationals who are nowhere near a playoff team, he would trade Stephen Strasburg for aging Roy Oswalt.

?!?!

I think Phillips needs a whole different type of therapy now that he is apparently done with the "married man likes young girls" professional treatment.

This guy used to be a GM?!