Stephen Strasburg's MLB debut was 10 years ago today, and I had the honor of attending one of the ... [+] greatest first-time performances in baseball history. Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images MLB via Getty ImagesIt was an audacious, convoluted plan from the beginning. It was late May, and anticipation was building as to when Stephen Strasburg would be called up from Triple-A Syracuse to make his long-awaited big league debut. But since we were broke college students, we couldn’t afford to wait for the team to announce the date of Strasburg’s debut, when ticket prices would skyrocket. The Nationals made Harper its pick on June 7, a day before Strasburg’s debut.

Source: Forbes June 08, 2020 15:11 UTC