Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was scratched from tonight’s game against the Atlanta Braves tonight moments before he was to take the mound at 7:05pm. Strasburg was in the bullpen throwing pitches, suddenly stopped, exchanged words with trainer Lee Kuntz and then walked back and disappeared down the runway behind the stands.

A barrage of boos was thrown down upon the field as Miguel Batista was announced as the Nationals starter for tonight’s game. Great. This game is almost a wash before it starts. Batista is probably a bit upset about it all.

Maybe he’ll write a poem for us about the experience.

More as it comes in…

UPDATE 7:27pm: GM Mike Rizzo said Strasburg was having trouble “getting loose” and his pulling was a precautionary measure. They will be doing an MRI and x-ray on his arm. No further details after that.

Great. There goes the last reason to pay attention this season. I might have to close the blog for the off season.

UPDATE 9:44pm: Rizzo reports that Strasburg’s MRI and X-Ray show only a little inflammation and he will be day-to-day.

Blog back on!

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