Clayton Kershaw Skips Bullpen Session
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 7:18 PM PST
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One day after he was named opening day starter for the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw had back tightness that caused him to skip his scheduled bullpen session on Wednesday. The southpaw will not throw a bullpen session before Friday as a precaution. Ken Gurnick of MLB.com has more details.
Earlier in the day, manager Don Mattingly said as far as he knew the first day of workouts went smoothly but noted that he hadn't yet spoken with all the coaches and players. Mattingly even joked that the team made it through three sprints Wednesday without an injury, a reference to Dana Eveland, who pulled a hamstring while running on the first day of camp last year.
Kershaw first felt back stiffness during informal workouts last week, per Gurnick. The injury news comes on the same day that Mattingly was asked in the morning, prior to the team's first workout, if he was concerned of last year's workload for Kershaw, who threw a career-high 233 innings, 29 more than in 2010.
"i think he would probably fight us if we tried to change his routine now," Mattingly said. "We ask guys to try and find routines and stuck with them good or bad, kind of your blanket. Clayton's got his own routine, I'm sure it's worked for him. I'm not going to be the one that says 'Clayton, we need to change some things up here.'
"We know Clayton is young and has thrown a lot of innings, but we wouldn't do anything to jeopardize him. He's going to be taken care of like any of our guys."
Kershaw has pitched at least 200 innings in each of the last two seasons. The last Dodgers pitcher to throw 200 innings in three straight years was Orel Hershiser from 1985-1989.
Kershaw's first spring start will be March 9, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times.
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It took me a second to realize what the hell you were talking about, haha.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 7:28 PM PST up reply actions
whatever
it’s all about the Voice. ;)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
You and the six other people watching agree. :)
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Feb 22, 2012 7:31 PM PST up reply actions
incorrect
the voice is where it’s at homie
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
Oh it’s a much better show, but Javier Colons record sales show no one actually cares.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Feb 22, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
A lot of the winners from Idol don’t end up doing that well, either.
I hate that I know that. :)
I pitched to Matt Kemp, and all I got was this stupid earned run.
@maddzgoesrawr @arenafitness @madeleine_arena
There’s not well and then theres “sold less records than the album you made before you won the voice”
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Feb 22, 2012 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
Idol just insures the most boring people possible win, but at least the actually talented people fly passed them immediately.
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Feb 22, 2012 7:42 PM PST up reply actions
I have to respect a show that makes me want to throw the winners into a woodchipper.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
Going from winning Idol to opening for Lifehouse in five months counts as a woodchipper right?
Minor League Central @mlcentral @andrewngrant
by regfairfield on Feb 22, 2012 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
I like ’em both. One is on tonight.
Besides, I am not watching but the room I rented is a loft so I am listening along as the owner of the condo watches.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 7:32 PM PST up reply actions
My chair swivels all the way around, too.
All I need is a ca….WAIT A MINUTE, I SEE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 7:50 PM PST up reply actions
…the room I rented is a loft…
Sucker!!!!!
by KellyStephen on Feb 22, 2012 8:19 PM PST up reply actions
Joke’s on the sucker who has one less obstacle to hear me snore.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 8:24 PM PST up reply actions
The Voice is pretty darn entertaining and I like the concept better than Idol, XFactor, etc. The problem for the show is that the talent (I’ve only watched this year) isn’t all that good.
by UCLADodger32 on Feb 22, 2012 8:51 PM PST up reply actions
None of the talent on these music shows are usually any good. The music studios will snatch people up with any hint of popularity/ability.
Yeah, like baseball management they never miss anything
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 22, 2012 10:09 PM PST up reply actions
Just got my BA Prospect Handbook
Will post some interesting tidbits if I see them.
They think our 2007 draft was pure shit. Only one possible big leaguer in the whole lot (Withrow). Grade: D
OTOH, 2008 is described as full of heists: Gordon, Sands, Eovaldi, Webster, Lindblom. Grade: B+
I feel like 2008 deserves more than a B+
Especially given how much BA likes Gordon more than other sources
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 22, 2012 10:44 PM PST up reply actions
I wrote a little about Rubby at SBN LA
Rubby said he feels “unbelievable” and has had no setbacks.
He is currently throwing off flat ground at an “easy” intensity, though sometimes he feels so good he starts to ramp it up before a coach has to remind him to dial it back.
The tendon was taken from his right wrist.
He has been rehabbing in Arizona all winter. Only spent one week in the Dominican Republic.
He will throw off a mound in April, and the plan is for him to return after the All-Star break.
Bonus note: De La Rosa’s English has improved by leaps and bounds since last year (as in, he didn’t really speak it much at all a year ago) and he joked that he missed translator Kenji Nomura more than he did Hiroki Kuroda (Namura translated Japanese and Spanish). That was pretty funny from Giggles.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 8:21 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
Why is SBN LA getting all the good stuff???
by KellyStephen on Feb 22, 2012 9:08 PM PST up reply actions
They pay?
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 22, 2012 10:08 PM PST up reply actions
Did anyone watch this week's How I Met Your Mother?
What a seriously good episode, best in a few seasons IMO.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I thought it was pretty weak. Main reason I keep watching is because Mondays don’t have much good Tv.
by fbihop on Feb 22, 2012 10:27 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Was it the sex tape story line?
I thought that was good for cheap laughs. But the thing about Ted talking to Barney about loving Robin and then the end with Robin and Ted and Robin and Marshall was really good to me, pretty sad.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
Made an insanely dumb mistake in poker. Thought I had a 4, which would have given me a straight, when I really had a two, which just gave me a pair of 2s. Went all in and lost.
So dumb.
by fbihop on Feb 22, 2012 10:30 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
it started meh and ended great
but the last season and a half has been filler so we better get some actual progression in the rest of the season or I’m done with it.
Watch me all in flames, on a butterfly I ride
Actually, I am curious how Eric decides which of his stuff goes on SBLA and which goes here (and why not both).
I wonder if it's a coin flip type of situation
Also, you don’t really know me (probably at all, lol), but I wanted to say that was a really great article the other day, really deep and got a lot of people thinking.
TBLA 2011 Postseason Prediction Champion
I think was the
Mandrill story
by bhsportsguy on Feb 22, 2012 9:28 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
He’s probably just playing one against the other to get the price up.
by KellyStephen on Feb 22, 2012 9:22 PM PST up reply actions
I was actually planning to do both sites for Rubby, but the timing of the Kershaw news threw me for a loop. Didn’t want to have another post here so soon after that.
Plus, usually it depends on whether or not I have time.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 9:28 PM PST up reply actions
Seems like you have the same decision. Spring Training Primer was on ESPN not Dodger Thoughts
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 22, 2012 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
much needed win
by the Lakers
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 9:19 PM PST reply actions
no time to rest
got OKC tomorrow, oh man…….
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 9:50 PM PST up reply actions
well
OKC played today too………
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
aye
there’s the rub
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 10:19 PM PST up reply actions
Antonio Alfonseca has an easy time keeping track of them all.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
I missed the final two minutes must have been a hell of comeback
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 22, 2012 10:10 PM PST up reply actions
Lakers missed six straight FT in the fourth quarter. (18 for 31 on the night)
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 10:17 PM PST up reply actions
Kobe cracked me up after the game
as the sideline reporter lady asks him “What was going through your mind as you missed those free throws.”
Kobe:(laughs) This sucks
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 10:20 PM PST up reply actions
Said Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti: "I’m just glad he’s not talking about 10 and 10."
Earlier in the day, Mattingly said the same thing but used 20/20. Maybe there was a script rewrite from the time it got from Ned to Mattingly.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 9:32 PM PST up reply actions
Hey everybody
Just checking in. What have I missed, other than THE COMPLETE DISASTER OF ONE OF THE ONLY TWO GOOD PLAYERS SHUTTING DOWN A (mumble mumble first meaningless bullpen meaningless mumble mumble).
/logs off
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
What have I missed
roughly 87 posts or so.
by Eric Stephen on Feb 22, 2012 10:21 PM PST up reply actions
Remember when I shut down the limericks last May or whatever because things got shitty at work?
Shitty time got moved earlier this year. Which is bad right now, but might mean more limericks during baseball season.
I’ll go back and read the 87 posts.
Still chasing the dream of mediocrity
by Humma Kavula on Feb 22, 2012 10:22 PM PST up reply actions
cryptic
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 10:34 PM PST up reply actions
I've decided that my attitude towards winning this season is "whatthefuckever"
I just want to see our pitching prospects that i’ve heard about for so long play when Harang goes down with a season-ending injury and Lilly blows out his neck or something.. Webster, Withrow, etc.
@TElciram
by Taylor Maricle on Feb 22, 2012 10:57 PM PST up reply actions
before last season, some here dubbed Jerry Sands "The Mayan"
because, “He’s going to destroy the world in 2012”. I hope that prediction comes true. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Feb 22, 2012 11:02 PM PST up reply actions
Just joined a fantasy league where everyone has terrible puns as their team names. So to fit in, I called my team The Bear Ne-Cespedes.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Anyone have a sort of "guilty pleasure" in watching the Dodgers?
I liked watching Guerra close even though Jansen’s better, for example. In 2010, i really enjoyed watching Gibbons, and in 2009 i enjoyed Brent Leach’s appearances (mostly because i had read some of his wife’s blog and liked his background)
@TElciram
only when I unbuckle my….whoops, I have already said too much
seriously no, I have no idea what the heck you are talking about
by Hollywood Joe on Feb 23, 2012 1:52 AM PST up reply actions
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