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Today begins three consecutive days of morning baseball for the Dodgers in Chicago. At least you’ll have the rest of the day for activities. Oh, and it’s a Clayton Kershaw day. That’s fun.
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Gordon
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Alcantara
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Puig
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Baez
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Gonzalez
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Kemp
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Soler
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Ramirez
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Castro
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Crawford
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Uribe
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Valaika
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Ellis
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Lake
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Kershaw (L)
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Jackson (R)
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J.P. Hoornstra tweeted this out earlier. I thought it was kinda cool.
Spotted outside Wrigley Field pic.twitter.com/xC5onuVCuu
— J.P. Hoornstra (@jphoornstra) September 19, 2014
Yes, Kershaw is attempting to become baseball’s first 20-game winner. While the pitcher win is about the most meaningless statistic out there, it’s still a pretty impressive feat (if he does it), seeing as he missed the first month of the season with the back/shoulder injury. This is also something to keep an eye on: Kershaw’s ERA is 1.70. His batting average is .169. Will his batting average end up being higher than his ERA? He missed by one point last year (1.83 vs. .182), and he’s in the same spot this season, but with an even better ERA. It’s almost like he’s the most valuable player in the league, or something.
Some news on Hyun-Jin Ryu from Ken Gurnick.
Ryu hasn not touched a ball since injury. — Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) September 19, 2014
First of all, gross. Second, if he hasn’t yet picked up a baseball since his injury, I’m skeptical of Gurnick’s next tweet.
Ryu said he thinks he will be back for playoffs.
— Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) September 19, 2014
We’ll see what happens. If Ryu is as close to 100 percent as he’s going to get by the time his turn comes up in the National League Division Series, great. If not, there isn’t a reason to rush him — even if that means Dan Haren starts Game 3 of then NLDS.
Speaking of starters, Sunday and Monday’s starting pitchers are yet to be determined. Don Mattingly told reporters it depends what happens tomorrow with Roberto Hernandez and his general “bad-at-pitchingness” on the hill. Haren is set up to start Monday against San Francisco, which would be much better than a bullpen game lead by the likes of Kevin Correia and Carlos Frias (I still believe in you as a reliever, Chuck!).
If you’re at home watching this game today, know that I — and everyone else who is not — hate you.
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