Stephen Strasburg Forum

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10087183-nationals-stephen-strasburg-reportedly-will-retire-after-complications-from-injury

Wow. Such a shame. He was so electric when he came up (and even before that). And was really, REALLY good for quite a while. Hope he can get his health back and go on to live the rest of his life without pain from this. (I have met former ball players, even just minor leaguers, who experience chronic pain after playing.) Wish him all the best.

The Strasburg hype was real.

I remember when his first Topps/Bowman cards were coming out. There were newspaper articles about the fact there was a 1/1 for Strasburg and the chase was on!

Like Lincecum.  Burned bright, but briefly.

The man was definitely dominant, there's no doubt about that. If only he were able to play a few more years he would have a shot at the HoF, as it stands now though he will likely fall short to say the least. 

He's twice had surgery involving removal of neck muscles and one or more ribs, and would struggle with the real life important things like picking his daughter up. Definitely time to just live on forever in Nationals fame. 

All that being said, I'm the #1 Stras collector here on the tcdb, and sponsor his page. He's my main (of many) PC and will still be looking for more cards I don't have. I'm really down to numbered variations, Panini, cards from the past few years...anything I don't have is on my radar