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In the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees, he suffered a partial dislocation of his left shoulder on a slide into second.

Beltway Democrats were quick to declare the pandemic over, despite the well-documented economic dislocation that lingered.

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That part was true, with manager Dave Roberts describing Ohtani’s injury as a shoulder subluxation — a partial dislocation less severe than if it had been completely dislocated.

The initial diagnosis provided by manager Dave Roberts: a subluxation, or partial dislocation, of the left shoulder.

Roberts was calling Ohtani’s injury “a little left shoulder subluxation,” which translates into a partial dislocation.

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