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The next step for Strasburg

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Stephen Strasburg's college coach was a pretty good hitter, having accumulated 3,141 hits, a .338 lifetime batting average and a plaque in Baseball's Hall of Fame. But at no point during Strasburg's recently completed junior season was Tony Gwynn, the San Diego State baseball coach, ever tempted to step into the batter's box against the guy who will be picked No. 1 in the draft tonight. "Heck, no," Gwynn said Monday night, chuckling in his self-deprecating manner. "I wasn't sure I could get out ...

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