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Washington Post Writer Thomas Boswell: "Stephen Strasburg shutdown debate masks the Washington Nationals’ true story."

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"On Saturday, Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo ran into Stephen Strasburg’s dad, who was in Phoenix to watch the team play the Diamondbacks. Jim Strasburg braced Rizzo with the same question as the rest of the baseball world: What’s the deal with ending my son’s season — protecting his arm even though he feels perfectly healthy — because of some voluntary innings limit that Rizzo has chosen? "'Mr. Strasburg, don’t ask the question if you don’t want to hear the full answer,' Rizzo replied." - Thomas Boswell, Washinton Post. [LINK]Washington Post writer James Wagner also had a great article today updating the battle between the Nats and O's over the MASN tv rights.