http://0rz.tw/DC2Fh I got my first look at SDSU right-hander Stephen Strasburg in Friday night’s contest against the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels at Tony Gwynn Stadium. He struck out 14 of the 28 batters he faced and lived up to the hype. I sat to the first base side of home plate looking straight down the left field line, so I didn’ t see any radar guns and I couldn’t detect movement other than by watching how the batters reacted. Oh, and I forgot my camera. That said, here are a few notes from a layperson: ．This is great for the Aztecs program — in terms of attendance and recruiting. I’ve been to about 40 or so SDSU games over the past decade and never seen a crowd like last night. The line to buy tickets was ridiculous. ．I hate to rely on this type of description because it sounds like urban legend stuff, but Strasburg’s fastball made a loud popping noise on reaching the catcher’s mitt. ．Hitters were extremely late on the hard stuff. A lot of foul balls came into the stands at odd angles, and some guys appeared to be swinging after the ball had already been caught. ．The first eight outs Strasburg recorded came via strikeout. ．The first run he allowed came on a walk, single, balk sequence. ．Because they couldn’t catch up to the hard stuff, hitters sat on the fastball. Occasionally this yielded results, as the first two hits came off first-pitch fastballs. ．The downside of sitting on the fastball is that a good breaking ball will destroy a hitter. Strasburg featured a good breaking ball. Hitters had to commit so early to catch up to the hard stuff that they ended up swinging at pitches in the dirt and a foot outside. One guy toward the end of the lineup struck out on a pitch where he was bailing out with his lower half and lunging with his arms. It was a completely fear-based swing. ．Strasburg located his pitches well for most of the night. He seemed to tire a bit in the sixth and seventh. The first (and only) bad pitch he made was a hanging breaking ball that UNLV catcher Drew Beuerlein hammered to right for a run-scoring double. That also was the only hard hit ball of the night. I expect to see Strasburg pitch at least two or three more times this season. I will let you know when that happens, but for now I’ll just say that to an untrained observer, the kid looked mighty impressive on Friday night. --

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