ANALYSIS/OPINION:
When he met with reporters in St. Louis Saturday to talk about his Game 3 start Monday night in the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals at Nat Park, Stephen Strasburg was asked why he was pitching so well now in these playoffs.
He then unpacked the briefcase full of clichés he had brought with him, and used every one.
“It’s trying to focus on what you can control, disregard what you cannot control.”
“Trying to make as many good pitches as possible.”
Monday night before a packed and raucous sold-out Nationals Park crowd of 43,675 energized by their team’s first NL Championship Series home game, Strasburg focused on what he could control — and he controlled the St.