Clayton Kershaw didn’t allow ruminations of Johnny Vander Meer to last very long tonight. The second batter of the game, Eric Hosmer, somehow singled to left on a fastball that was about …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw’s No-Hit Stuff
When I started looking at the Pitch FX data for Clayton Kershaw‘s no-hitter, I was expecting to find something that stuck out. Did his pitches break more? Were the pitches …
Read More »Chronicling Clayton Kershaw’s journey to Los Angeles
Clayton Kershaw is great, and most everyone knows he’s a true homegrown talent. But there are a lot of factors that went into him being a Dodger. I’m here to chronicle the …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw Is The Best And Still Improving, But Can He Win The Cy Young?
Clayton Kershaw won the NL Cy Young in 2011, and he won it again in 2013. You could argue that he had a good case to get it over R.A. …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw threw a perfe … err … no-hitter, and you want GIFS
Clayton Kershaw threw a no-hitter yesterday, and it was probably the most dominating pitching performance I’ll ever see (I only vaguely remember Kerry Wood‘s 20-strikeout game), as Mike pointed out …
Read More »Dodgers 8, Rockies 0: Clayton Kershaw Just Pitched The Best Game You Will Ever See
Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: thank you, offense. If you’d told a dozen Dodger fans that Clayton Kershaw was going to throw a no-hitter tonight, I …
Read More »In Which Clayton Kershaw And Kenley Jansen Imitate One Another
From the always entertaining and completely unofficial “Dodger Films,” here’s a link worth sharing: Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen goofing around before a recent game, attempting to imitate each other, and …
Read More »Reds 3, Dodgers 2: Puig Still The Best, And What Was That Bunt?
Shortly before game time, I tweeted that Yasiel Puig, over the previous month, was hitting .417/.521/.740, easily the best mark in baseball, and that’s really saying something when you consider …
Read More »Dodgers 2, Phillies 0: I Think Clayton Kershaw’s Going To Be Okay
It might surprise you to learn that in certain corners of the Internet prior to today’s game, there was some concern over Clayton Kershaw‘s curveball. This is a thing he …
Read More »Diamondbacks 18, Dodgers 7: At Least Butera Pitched
Tonight’s game was terrible. Then it wasn’t. Then it was even worse. Baseball, right? After the emotional roller coaster, the Dodgers fell to the Diamondbacks by a score of 18-7. Things …
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