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The Washington Nationals have placed Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow soreness. Rajon Rondo Jersey .The right-hander was willing to pitch through the pain for the National League East-leading Nationals, but manager Dusty Baker had other plans.I told him we hadnt won anything yet and that we had to look at the big picture, Baker said Monday. Hopefully hell be good in September and hopefully in October.Baker expected Strasburg (15-3, 3.59 ERA) to spend the minimum amount of time on the DL.He knows how bad we need him to pitch, the manager said. I had to explain to him that its not hero time.Washington recalled pitcher A.J. Cole from Triple-A Syracuse. Cole will replace Strasburg as the Nationals starting pitcher Monday against the Baltimore Orioles.Asked if he considered it to be a precautionary move and if hell be back for the postseason, Strasburg said: A hundred percent I think I was good enough to go, but the recovery in between was becoming more of a challenge.I felt like I was losing range of motion and wasnt able to get that back in between starts, so Im trying to make it better than it ever was, I guess, he said. Hopefully thatll translate to some good performance down the road.After bolting to a 15-1 start this season, Strasburg was 0-3 with a 14.66 ERA over his past three outings.The recovery after each start started to get a little bit more difficult, the 28-year-old said.Strasburg missed 17 games from June 19 to July 3 while on the disabled list with an upper-back strain. Hed hoped to avoid another trip to the DL, but Baker and general manager Mike Rizzo decided it was the right thing to do.We put him on the DL, and hopefully he comes back in 15 days stronger than ever and can recharge and be really strong at the end, Rizzo said. The position that were in at this time in the season, better off getting him right now to fully strong for the tail end of the season.?Rizzo said Strasburg undergoing a precautionary MRI is is a possible option.We have one from when he signed his extension, so we feel we have our arms around whats going on, he said.Strasburgs right elbow has been a concern of the team -- and the pitcher -- ever since he underwent elbow ligament replacement surgery in September 2010.?Being a Tommy John guy, getting through the grind of a season, there is just a little more maintenance that has to go with it, he said.Strasburg said he might change his regimen between starts, opting to work less with weights and more on flexibility.Your arm works a little bit differently when you do have surgery like that, he said.Strasburgs performance recently suggested it was better just to take a seat for a couple of weeks or so.Hes going to be around for a long time ... Baker said. This is what I had to convince him, that the risk isnt worth the gain right now.ESPNs Eddie Matz and?The Associated Press contributed to this report. JaVale McGee Jersey . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Discount Lakers Jerseys . -- The Missouri Tigers might not have a roster full of superstars. http://www.cheaplakersjerseyschina.com/ . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Martha Karolyi Way is a pinch on the neck. A tilt of the head. A purse of the lips. A nod of approval. A series of directives, most of them blunt, all designed for maximum impact.It is a compound tucked in the Texas woods where the rest of the world slips away so the foundation of a gymnastics dynasty can be laid.For the last 15 years, the U.S. womens national team coordinator has methodically molded a once floundering program into a globe-trotting, podium-topping machine. The group of five young women Karolyi will lead into Rio Olympic Arena on Tuesday night for the Olympic team final is perhaps her greatest creation, and a fitting tribute to all she has built before she heads into retirement.Judging by their showing during qualifying -- when the U.S. posted the top score by a staggering 10 points -- the question may be not if the Americans will win the gold but by how much. Yet its in keeping with the Karolyi Way that all that dominance was met with only a small smile and a reminder that their work is not yet finished.I always tell the girls, were competing against ourselves, Karolyi, 73, said in her distinct Eastern European accent. We dont want to beat this or that. But we want to come as close as possible to perfection.No team, perhaps in any sport, comes as close to it as the U.S. womens program.Looking back, this is exactly what Martha and husband Bela Karolyi had in mind when they defected from Romania in 1981 after helping Nadia Comaneci reach perfection in Montreal during the 1976 games.That was the goal, to build something which works for USA and not try to install a copy of the Romanian system, Karolyi said. I think that was the key because you cannot copy an original.Though the Karolyis and USA Gymnastics enjoyed periods of success in the 1980s and `90s -- helping Mary Lou Retton become the first American woman to win the Olympic title in 1984 and reaching the top of the podium with the Magnificent Seven in Atlanta in 1996 -- it wasnt until Martha took over the program in 2001 when Belas contract was not renewed after a disappointing showing at the Sydney Olympics that the U.S. finally took flight. The proof lies in the 88 world championship and Olympic medals the Americans have captured during her tenure, a number that could be near 100 by closing ceremonies in Rio.She turned the sprawling ranch she and Bela own on the border of the Sam Houston National Forest about an hour north of Houston into an incubator. Where the national team was once a nominal description for a group of factions that came together only for international events, she created a sense of cohesion.Everyone was very combative and competitive, said Rhonda Faehn, who trained under the Karolyis in the `80s and now serves as the senior vice president of the womens program. We were expected to compete as a team overseas and youre still an individual. Its an incredible byproduct of what she has set in place.Team members and their coaches visit the ranch regularly to receive specialized instruction and produce a true sense of camaraderie. The athletes become roommates during camp, staying in comfortable -- if rustic -- suites where cell reception can be spotty at best.Its almost like camping out, said Laurie Hernandez, at 16 the youngest member of Team USA in Rio. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Jersey. Theres camels and horses and there are bunk beds. We get very close when were there.Its the same for the coaches, who gather after hours to play cards with Martha or hang out at Belas lodge. Theres just one rule: keep the shop talk to a minimum. That time away to decompress helps them stay primed for what happens when they get back to work, a process that feels collaborative rather than competitive.Now there are a lot of coaches I could call and say `Hey, Im having trouble with this skill, do you have any ideas to help out, said Olympic national team coach Aimee Boorman, who is also the personal coach of three-time world champion Simone Biles. Its been an emotional support and a technical support ... and its Martha. She knows what shes doing.Each session begins with the athletes lining up according to height, tallest on the left, shortest on the right. Then a brief pep talk from Karolyi. No wasted time with pleasantries.Very short, to the point, this is how she works, Bela Karolyi said of his wife of over 50 years. Two or three things to work on, then go.And go they do. Training sessions are quiet and intense. There is no wasted movement. While coaches line each apparatus, Karolyi will wander about, offering advice where she sees fit. If the way its delivered occasionally comes across as a little cold, thats not her problem.She is a very intimidating lady, Biles said. Shell tell you how it is. She wants you to succeed. She never wants you to look back and say `I could have given it more.Karolyi stopped measuring the U.S. against the rest of the world long ago. They havent lost a major international meet in six years and are the model of efficiency when theyre on the road. During podium training -- a dress rehearsal on the event floor held before the meet -- the Americans do a couple of sets on each apparatus and then theyre done while their competitors continue to tinker.We used to say that we win our meets in the training gym because all of the other countries sit and watch us train and we dont watch them train, said three-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman. You focus on yourself and your teammates and thats the best you can possibly do.The Americans best typically ends in gold. For the women Karolyi coaches, there is something nearly as valuable: a pinch on the back of the neck.To get that was huge, Faehn said. Bela was all bear hugs but Martha, shes the only one you always wanted to please.There will be a few more to go around in Rio but the next chapter for Karolyi and the empire she built beckons. The Karolyis will officially hand over the keys to the training facilities at the ranch to USA Gymnastics later this month. Then the search for her successor will begin in earnest while she travels back to Romania to spend time with family.Its a decision shes at peace with, even if the idea of her walking out of her house one morning during a training camp and going for a walk instead of the gym seems unfathomable.Its hard to replace her, said longtime friend and coach Mihai Brestyan. It will be the hardest job because of the shoes to fill. Black China NFL Jerseys Stitched Jerseys Wholesale Throwback Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL T-shirts From China Wholesale NFL T-shirts China Jerseys Cheap ' ' '

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