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Kershaw Klawbers Angels Kobe style 5-3


Final - 6.21.2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RHE
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 12 1
Los Angeles Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 0
WP: Clayton Kershaw (4 - 5)
SV: Jonathan Broxton (17)
LP: John Lackey (2 - 3)

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With 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.

by Tripon on Jun 21, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by matthewmafa on Jun 23, 2009 2:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Funny, when I looked at the picture I came to the exact opposite conclusion; I see a straight line from elbow to elbow.

by David Young on Jun 23, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh then i have the wrong meaning for it

by matthewmafa on Jun 23, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeremy Bonderman’s classic inverted W.

From chrisoleary.com

by David Young on Jun 23, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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2010 Dodger Payroll

Pos No Player 2010 Salary
C 55 Martin $5,050,000
1B 7 Loney $3,100,000
2B 33 DeWitt $410,000*
3B 23 Blake $6,000,000
SS 15 Furcal $8,500,000
LF 99 Manny $7,267,760
CF 27 Kemp $4,000,000
RF 16 Ethier $6,000,000

2B/3B 14
Carroll $1,350,000
2B/3B/1B 3 Belliard $825,000
C 12
Ausmus $850,000
OF 5 Johnson $800,000
SS 60
Hu $405,000*

SP 22 Kershaw $425,000*
SP 58 Billingsley $3,850,000
SP 18 Kuroda $14,100,000
SP 44 Padilla $4,025,000
SP 57 Elbert $405,000*

CL 51 Broxton $4,000,000
LHP 52 Sherrill $4,500,000
LHP 56 Kuo $950,000
RHP 67 Troncoso $425,000*
RHP 54 Belisario $425,000*
RHP 31 McDonald $425,000*
RHP 68 Monasterios $460,000*

Pierre $4,000,000
Andruw $3,600,000
Schmidt $2,000,000
Wolf $2,000,000
Hudson $1,440,000
Nomar $1,250,000
Ohman $200,000
Hoffmann ($50,000)

Others on 40-man roster (total: 40)
LHP 65 Zerpa $60,000*
RHP 64 Guerra  
RHP 37 Haeger  
RHP 74 Jansen  
LHP 59 Leach
RHP 73 Link  
RHP 49 Schlichting  
LHP 50 Stults  
RHP 47 Wade
C 9
Ellis  
C 71 May  
SS 87 DeJesus  
OF 75 Paul
OF 17 Repko $500,000
OF 62 Robinson  

Totals $93,547,760
 
Red = arbitration
Asterisk (*) = estimated
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