As the Washington Nationals' team bus sat in traffic en route to the hotel on Tuesday night, the club facing elimination heading into Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, Stephen Strasburg didn't give himself much of a chance of taking an active role in keeping his team's season alive.

The last time New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi was in Cleveland, "I was about as low as I could be as a baseball player or baseball coach or whatever I was."