JIm Bunning on Strasburg

[RockaFowler]

Bunning is a total ass

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/strasburg-to-be-shut-down-for-ten-days-jim-bunning-should-shut-up-for-much-longer.php

In other Strasburg news, Hall of Famer, U.S. Senator and all around jerk Jim Bunning was at Tuesday's Braves-Nats game and expected to see Strasburg pitch. After missing out, he went off about Strasburg to the political blog Politco:

"Five-hundred twenty starts, I never refused the ball," Bunning, a Kentucky senator who hurled a perfect game in 1964 and struck out 2,855 batters in his Major League career, told POLITICO. "What a joke!"

Bunning had taken an interest in Strasburg, who like the Kentucky senator is a fire-ball hurling right-hander. The senator has seen the Nationals ace four times and was at the ballpark Tuesday night, he said.

But he clearly didn't like what he saw - or rather didn't see - when the youngster didn't take the mound.

"My arm!" Bunning sarcastically cried as he pretended to clutch his shoulder in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.

He said Strasburg's fallen greatly in his estimation. "He was in the top one percentile," Bunning said, pinching his thumb and forefinger together. Now, Bunning said, he's closer to the 50th percentile.

Whatever. Bunning may have been a durable pitcher over the course of his career, but he also had all of 11 starts under his belt before he was 25 (Strasburg just turned 22). How much you wanna bet that if you described that usage pattern to Bunning without telling him who it was referring to that he'd consider such a pitcher to be "babied?"

[TZ]

1. HE'S AN IDIOT

Strasburg did NOT REFUSE THE BALL....The management of the Nationals pulled him out of the game after Strasburg complained of discomfort. Did Bunning get hit with a fastball to the head during his career because he seems to stay unbelievably stupid stuff all the time.
By the way, its called SOUR GRAPES Bunning...and you are a textbook illustration. You are just miffed because you didn't get to see the Wonderboy pitch.

[Forkboy]

2. I love jealous players long past their prime.

Always good for a laugh. :)

[Yavin4]

3. No One Invested $20 million in Bunning

The Nats aint taking any chances.

[Kingofalldems]

4. He should go back to being a pro wrestling referee

[joeybee12]

5. Hey Bunning we already know you're an asshole...stop beating a dead horse...n/t

[madinmaryland]

6. What a douchebag. nt

[era veteran]

7. Bunning you POS never had a real job asshole of an

attempt to be a pimple on the ass of a real man Shut the Fuck Up. Bastard, it's hard enough being from KY without a size 10 1\2 asshat making things worse. Go sober up or get drunker peckerhead. Whew, I do have an opinion on the contrarian/spiteful large but little man. I'm just glad you didn't play for the Reds. Get out of the ballpark and go autograph some baseballs to sell to your complete bastard friends. Tax Thief Prick

[KamaAina]

8. Can he please be de-Philliefied?

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