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All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010.
Stephen Strasburg's year began with unbridled, unmatched hype. Never before had a phenom pitcher garnered so much attention before throwing a single pitch in the major leagues.
His spring training debut was broadcast on MASN, the Nationals' regional cable carrier. His strikeout totals in every minor-league start at Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse merited prominent mention on SportsCenter. And his major league debut was a national event.
The end of 2010 was much more somber for Strasburg. Three months removed from Tommy John surgery, there are mostly glimmers of hope. He'll begin throwing a baseball again in January. He's expected to report in spring training in Viera, Fla. on time. He told reporters last week he feels "great" physically and left the door just barely open that he could return to a big-league mound in 2011.
In between the beginning and end, baseball fans were treated to something spectacular, frustrating and, in the end, a little too familiar.
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