A Look at Baseball’s Bright New Star, Stephen Strasburg
17 June 2010
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg during a game Sunday against the Cleveland Indians
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.
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I’m Doug Johnson.
Today we listen to music from Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney…
And we answer a question about what American college students do over summer vacation.
But first, a report on baseball’s bright new star Stephen Strasburg.
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Stephen Strasburg
DOUG JOHNSON: Baseball fans across America are excited about a new pitcher for the Washington Nationals named Stephen Strasburg. The twenty-one year-old throws a sharp breaking ball that cuts across the plate at the last second. He has great control of all his pitches. But what really has fans on the edge of their seats is “The Kid’s” fastball. Mario Ritter tells us more.
MARIO RITTER: Stephen Strasburg can throw a baseball more than one hundred sixty kilometers per hour. The Washington Nationals chose Strasburg with the first pick in the two thousand nine baseball draft. The team was able to do so because it was the worst team in baseball last season. But fans in Washington hope that will change this season.
Strasburg received the highest pay agreement of any rookie pitcher in baseball history. He signed a four-year deal worth more than fifteen million dollars.
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