Kershaw Klawbers Angels Kobe style 5-3
by Phil Gurnee on Jun 21, 2009 10:43 PM PDT
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PrintWith Kobe Bryant watching from the stands Clayton Kershaw was nursing a 1 - 0 lead with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the 5th with the chances of him getting out of the jam with the lead slim and none. Ausmus came to the mound to calm Kershaw down and predicted what would happen next.
"I just told him, 'If it comes to you, come to me and we'll get a double play,'" said catcher Ausmus. "I didn't actually think it would happen."
It did happen exactly has Ausmus said when Bobby Abreu hit into a home to first double play. One out later Kershaw was headed to the dugout for the top of the sixth still holding onto that 1 - 0 lead. Joe Torre was impressed.
"The kid grew up in a hurry," said Torre. "I told [pitching coach Rick Honeycutt], he got himself into the mess, he'll have to get himself out. From there on out, he was pretty much dominant. He's 21. I was still drooling at 21."
James Loney added a two run shot in the 8th and several kangaroo singles in the ninth gave the Dodgers the five runs they would need to withstand a mini ninth inning rally by the Angels, and give Kershaw his 4th win in 5 decisions.
Once the Angels beat the Dodgers ace on Friday night it looked doubtful the Dodgers would be able to win this series with Angel ace's Weaver and Lackey going Saturday and Sunday but this is a team you can't count out and by the time the dusk fell on Fathers Day the Dodgers had won another series, and are now a season high 22 games over 500.
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“The Dodgers are interested in Jarrod Washburn, who has completed six innings in 11 of 13 starts for the Seattle Mariners. We don’t know whether the Dodgers would pick up the remaining part of his $10-million contract — they traded prospects rather than pick up contracts last summer — or even whether the Mariners would trade him.”
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-shaikin22-2009jun22,0,2349977.story
First Gurick, now Shaikin. Don’t know what to make of it.
looking at this picture of kershaw.. it looks like he has that inverted W which causees scap loading in the shoulder.. should we worry about this in his future… randy wolf also has it
Funny, when I looked at the picture I came to the exact opposite conclusion; I see a straight line from elbow to elbow.
The inverted W should look like, well, and inverted W. :)
Why don’t they just call it an “M”?
by Eric Stephen on Jun 24, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
Because Ian Fleming and “Cubby” Broccoli’s estates both threatened to sue for trademark infringement.
by David Young on Jun 24, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
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