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Stephen Strasburg's latest DL stint kicks up memories of his shut down

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

BALTIMORE — Stephen Strasburg stood at his locker Monday afternoon in the visitor’s clubhouse at Camden Yards and spoke about the news that nearly triggered the local Emergency Broadcast System – he was going on the disabled list for a sore right elbow.

“Pretty much ever since the All-Star break I think I was losing flexibility and never getting it back,” Strasburg said.

A few minutes later, MLB network analyst Jim Kaat walked through the clubhouse. I was thinking he might stop by Strasburg’s locker and say hello, or maybe go the other way and deliver an “I told you so.