Whicker: Dodging Stephen Strasburg is Dodgers’ top priority

The shorter the series, the taller the pitcher.
That shadow over this National League Division Series belongs to Stephen Strasburg.
He is 6-foot-5 and he throws delicately-located 95 mph fastballs, and he also has changeups and a jumping frog of a curveball. He made the Dodgers flail and flounder on Friday night, when Washington won Game 2, 4-2, and tied the best-of-five series, 1-1. The Dodgers suddenly have to figure out how to win around him.
Strasburg threw 34 pitches of relief Tuesday night