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When Strasburg stepped to the microphone, the World Series MVP noted the team's history — climbing out of a 19-31 record to eventually win it all.
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"It's almost like we've done it so many times that we have to get punched in the face to kind of wake up," Strasburg said. "We don't quit. We never quit throughout the season, despite kind of everybody saying that we were done."
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