This gumdrop of a bike was parked against the wall of a bookstore just across the Delaware state line. Stephen Strasburg has been optioned to the Nationals' double-A affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The highly-touted righty has had a breathless spring but will get his first professional starts in the minors. That's good news, no doubt, for attendance figures at the Harrisburg park. For a brief time, though, it was tempting to fantasize about Opening Day in Washington, where the Phillies will be on April 5. Halladay vs. Strasburg. That would have been some kind of sexy match-up.
