This Seems Familiar: After A Blowout Loss, Kershaw Gets The Call

The Dodgers’ 4th worst loss this year was by six runs, on opening day to the Pirates.

The starter the next game? You guessed it, Mr. Kershaw.

L, 11-5
L, 6-5
L, 9-0
L, 5-1
L, 7-3
W, 9-3
L, 8-0
W, 4-3
L, 10-5
L, 6-2
L, 11-3

I heard him say he wants a Dodger win for his gift. I think that’s reasonable. Let the man have his cake and eat it too.

That’s a nasty trend we need to stop. Worse than the gladiator sandals.

SI article regarding the greatest argument of our time.

To differentiate between Bryant and James, the Suns’ Grant Hill, who has been charged with guarding both, turns to a baseball metaphor.
“LeBron has the pullup jumper and he takes you to the rim,” said Hill. “He has the two pitches, and, trust me, both of them are great. But Kobe is like the guy with all the pitches. He brings his fastball, his change, gives you something on the corner. LeBron will overpower you but you might know what’s coming. With Kobe, you’re never comfortable.”

Rafael Furcal hasn’t played a home game since April 18

Has clev played 416.2 innings or has Choo play 97% of team innings?

Chris Berman is hosting the morning Baseball Tonight right now. There’s no way a normal human talking normally could sound like that. Someone needs to give the man a throat lozenge (or, better yet, a pink slip).

can’t stack the box with lefties today. They’ll get eaten alive.

And noticed Jason Williams played for the magic. I thought he retired.

The hitting sucked donkey balls this week :)

The best active hitter in the NL was born AFTER I started following baseball. I’m officially getting old. :)

Carlos Silva (P) CHI-N 5/30/2010
Silva struck out a career-high 11 batters on Saturday against the Cardinals, and picked up the win to move to 7-0, according to MLB.com. Silva attributed the great performance to catcher Koyie Hill, saying, “I throw my curve to throw a first-pitch strike. I don’t throw it to strike people out. Today, [Hill] made me throw it inside for lefties, backdoor for lefties. I’m not used to pitching like that. It was really good calls.” Silva continued, “He called a really good game. He made me throw some pitches that I never throw. That was a big help.” It’s a small sample and could be a statistical coincidence, but in the four games Hill has caught for Silva, he holds a 20:1 K:BB ratio and a 1.42 ERA.

Having the best record while playing in the East should not imply they are the best team. Kobe was the best player but now Kobe has Gasol, Odom, and Artest. No doubt in my mind that LeBron would be cake walking through these playoffs if he had the same group.

Kobe already proved he could do no better then LBJ without a Gasol on his team and it was not that long ago, so your memories should be quite fresh.

I remember better command from him last year.

Even though Berman was the host, I love the Sunday morning version of Baseball Tonight. Just Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian going back and forth with rapid fire news and notes about every team. That’s how it should always be IMO.

should watch or record This Week in Baseball, on right now.

There is a Jose Lima tribute at some point (I think near the end; I saw it yesterday), which features Lima teaching an awesome handshake to Vin Scully. It’s classic.

Dan Haren (P) AZ 5/30/2010
The D-Backs have had internal discussions about trading Haren, Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports. He’s owed $25.5 million in 2011-2012, with a $15.5 million option ($3.5 million buyout) in 2013. Even though he’s struggled at times this season, Haren’s strikeout rate is still the best of his career and he’d likely command more in a trade than Houston’s Roy Oswalt. The D-Backs’ performance in the coming weeks will ultimately determine if they’re buyers or sellers come July 31, but it’s an interesting report if it’s on target as Haren would be a nice pickup for several teams looking for a frontline starter for the next few seasons.

per Jon Weisman:

Furcal SS
Martin C
Kemp CF
Loney 1B
Blake 3B
Paul RF
Johnson LF
DeWitt 2B
Kershaw P

per Jim Armstrong:

Gonzalez, CF
Spilborghs, LF
Giambi, 1B
Tulowitzki, SS
Hawpe, RF
Iannetta, C
Stewart, 3B
Barmes, 2B
Chacin, P

Incredible.

Ely Tuesday, Monk Wed

Haeger is NOT starting on Tuesday. Toe is still “bothering” him. The truth is that he simply sucks.

http://www.truebluela.com/2010/5/30/1493928/dodgers-rockies-rubber-game-chat