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Take the Mike Rizzo Strasburg Shutdown Eye Test

Found August 24, 2012 on Nationals Enquirer: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Stephen Strasburg
TEAMS: Washington Nationals
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Up above: a source with no knowledge of the situation has floated a copy of the eye test Mike Rizzo might use to make the final call on when to shut down Stephen Strasburg this season. Go ahead: take the test with each eye covered and see how you fare. "There is no magic number. It will be the eye test. Davey (Johnson) won't decide and ownership won't decide. It will be the general manager, and that's me." (Mike Rizzo, via ESPN.com, 7/20/2012) (Screencap via http://www.eyechartmaker.com/) Befriend Nats Enquirer on Facebook. Follow on Twitter.
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