Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: one minute and 26 seconds before his very first pitch (IMG_8625)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: 42 seconds before his very first pitch (IMG_8627)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: 8 seconds before his very first pitch (IMG_8628)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: his very first pitch in the big leagues, a fastball to Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen, ball 1 (IMG_8629)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: 8 seconds after his very first pitch (IMG_8630)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: fan reaction to the first out of the game, 40 seconds after Strasburg's very first pitch (IMG_8633)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's very first strike, on his 6th Major League pitch - a fastball to Pittsburgh's Neil Walker, foul for strike 1 (IMG_8636)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: at this point Strasburg has only thrown one strike in his entire Major League career, but the on-screen "crawl" tells us he'll strike out 14 batters tonight (IMG_8639)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: top of the first, two out - 3 minutes and 2 seconds after his very first pitch (IMG_8640)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's very first called strike, on his 9th Major League pitch - a fastball to Pittsburgh's Lastings Milledge (IMG_8641)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's very first Major League strikeout - Pittsburgh's Lastings Milledge swings at a curveball and misses for strike 3 (Strasburg's 11th Major League pitch) (IMG_8643)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg heads towards the dugout after completing his first inning on the mound, 3 minutes and 44 seconds after throwing his very first Major League pitch (IMG_8644)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg heads towards the dugout after completing his first inning on the mound, 3 minutes and 50 seconds after throwing his very first Major League pitch (IMG_8645)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: top of the second inning, about to throw his 14th Major League pitch (IMG_8649)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: he strikes out Pittsburgh's Garrett Jones in the top of the second - his second career strikeout (IMG_8652)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: fans high-five each other in celebration of Strasburg's second career strikeout (IMG_8653)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Pittsburgh's Delwyn Young swings at a curveball for strike 3 - Strasburg's third Major League strikeout (IMG_8660)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: this fastball to Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche will result in the first hit given up by Strasburg - a line drive to Washington right fielder Roger Bernadina for a single (IMG_8663)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: hey MLB Network, how about a spoiler warning? - why bother to watch the rest of the game now that we know Washington won? (IMG_8666)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: hey MLB Network, how about a spoiler warning? - at this point in the game Strasburg only had three strikeouts, but thanks to the on-screen "crawl" we know he'll get more (IMG_8668)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Pittsburgh's Ronny Cedeno swings and misses on a changeup for an inning-ending strike 3 - Strasburg's fourth strikeout (IMG_8669)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg heads to the dugout at the end of the top of the second inning (IMG_8671)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg enters the dugout at the end of the top of the second inning (IMG_8672)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's first appearance in the on-deck circle, in the bottom of the second inning during Ian Desmond's at-bat (IMG_8673)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's first appearance in the on-deck circle, in the bottom of the second inning during Ian Desmond's at-bat (IMG_8674)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's first Major League at-bat will have to wait another inning - Ian Desmond grounded out to end the second inning (IMG_8675)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: MLB Network on-screen graphic showing Strasburg's numbers as he begins the top of the third inning (IMG_8679)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg on the mound in the top of the third inning with a 1-2 count on Pittsburgh's Jason Jaramillo (IMG_8684)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: This curveball to Pittsburgh's Jason Jaramillo will result in a called strike 3 for Strasburg's fifth strikeout (IMG_8685)
Gary Dunaier:
Stephen Strasburg's Major League Debut, 06/08/10: Strasburg's sixth strikeout - Pittsburgh's Jeff Karstens swings and misses on a fastball for the second out in the top of the third inning (IMG_8689)
