HBT: Did someone put Hot Stuff in Strasburg's jock?

No, that?s not some metaphor. Mark Zuckerman of CSNWashington.com tweets from Davey Johnson?s postgame presser:

Strasburg had one of his worst outings ever against the Padres, allowing four runs on seven hits in four innings in a 6-1 loss. ?If, indeed, someone put this foul, combustible stuff in something that later touched his bits and pieces, well, it?s all understood. And all forgiven.

And of course, it would also mean that Strasburg has an almost 100% certainty of having a new nickname.

But this raises more questions than it gives answers. Who would perpetrate such a heinous act? Why prank The Franchise on a day he?s pitching? ?And, dear lord, why is Davey Johnson sharing this with reporters?

UPDATE: Forgot about this. Maybe he did it to himself and he just wants to be like Roger Clemens. Both of them were in Washington, D.C. today. Maybe Rocket was giving the young, um, fireballer a little professional advice!

UPDATE II: ?Turns out it wasn?t Icy-Hot! ?Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post reports that it was actually an ointment called ?Hot Stuff.? ?Tomorrow, Kilgore?s editors at the post will give him Bob Woodward?s old office and Carl Bernstein?s old typewriter in honor of his tenacious investigative reporting of this matter.

UPDATE III: ?I suppose we?re obligated to call Strasburg a ?fireballer? now, huh?

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