Kershaw PERFECT through 7 innings

Voltaire said:
If you were a batter Bob Gibson was a top rate asshole, other than that Bob Gibson was a pretty decent person ... and Red Schoendienst was way too smart. In 1968, Gibson started 34 games and completed 28 of them (13 were shut outs)!!!
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One of the best performances by a starting pitcher in MLB history
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Kershaw ain’t a 20 year old kid anymore, but you’re better off without him beyond the NLDS anyways
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Yeah, he's 34, has a shit ton of innings on his arm and missed the playoffs last year because of an injury that prevented him from throwing a baseball until January.

But by all means, continue to flaunt your stupidity.
 
trojanfan12 said:
Yeah, he's 34, has a shit ton of innings on his arm and missed the playoffs last year because of an injury that prevented him from throwing a baseball until January.

But by all means, continue to flaunt your stupidity.
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He’s a brittle bitch that’s gonna eventually get hurt anyways. Might as well try to make history
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
He’s a brittle bitch that’s gonna eventually get hurt anyways. Might as well try to make history
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And you're a borderline IQ who was going to post stupid shit anyway. Might as well get it out of the way early.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Baseball was better when it turned a blind eye to roids and HGH.
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On this, we agree. These are grown men, whose job is to do whatever they can to be the best player they can be. The info is out there on the pros and cons, let them decide for themselves if they want to use them or not.
 
trojanfan12 said:
Just like many players.

Kershaw is 34 years old, has had 6 stints on IR in the last 6 seasons (including 2 last season), missed last seasons playoffs because of injury, he didn't pick up a baseball until January, had 3 week spring training and it was his first game in a season where the Dodgers are favored to win the World Series and need him healthy if they want to make that happen.

But yeah, let's put that at risk to chase what is ultimately an individual accolade on a Wednesday in April.

Btw, when Roberts talked to him after the 6th, Kershaw said "I'd like to go back out for the 7th and 80, 85 pitches, that's kind of where I want to finish". After the game he said..."as much as I would have wanted to do it, I've thrown 75 pitches in a simulated game and I hadn't gone 6 innings, let alone 7...We're here to win and this was the right choice".
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I totally get it from the Dodgers' perspective.

The problem is when this becomes a trend. And, it already has. The Braves had a guy pitching a no-hitter in the World Series and pulled him.

How much will this harm baseball's popularity if this becomes the norm.

A little anecdote to illustrate my point.

We all remember the Strike of 94 and how it almost killed baseball's popularity. Then we had the home run chase of 98. Sosa and McGwire. Casual fans become invested again. Funny thing is, that same season, the New York Yankees won 114 games. The most regular season wins by a World Series Champion in history.

Yet, no one ever talks about them when people mention 1998. It's still Sosa and McGwire.

Most professional sports leagues will adapt and change to draw in the casual viewer. They don't have to cater their program to the die hard. The die hard will watch regardless.

So what happens when the casual viewer is flipping channels and comes across a game in the sixth/seventh inning and sees a no-hitter is happening? They'll stop and they will watch. They have a chance to witness something special. That doesn't happen every day. (Well, outside of last season when it did happen every day.)

However, what if pitch count becomes so rigid that no one ever finishes a no-hitter? Is that fan going to stay and watch or will it no longer have any meaning when everyone knows the pitcher won't finish the game.

No.

He's going to keep flipping the channel until he finds something else.

Think about the fans in attendance in this game. How many went home feeling cheated out of witnessing something special? And how many did baseball lose because of it?
 
Texans? Never Heard of Them said:
I totally get it from the Dodgers' perspective.

The problem is when this becomes a trend. And, it already has. The Braves had a guy pitching a no-hitter in the World Series and pulled him.

How much will this harm baseball's popularity if this becomes the norm.

A little anecdote to illustrate my point.

We all remember the Strike of 94 and how it almost killed baseball's popularity. Then we had the home run chase of 98. Sosa and McGwire. Casual fans become invested again. Funny thing is, that same season, the New York Yankees won 114 games. The most regular season wins by a World Series Champion in history.

Yet, no one ever talks about them when people mention 1998. It's still Sosa and McGwire.

Most professional sports leagues will adapt and change to draw in the casual viewer. They don't have to cater their program to the die hard. The die hard will watch regardless.

So what happens when the casual viewer is flipping channels and comes across a game in the sixth/seventh inning and sees a no-hitter is happening? They'll stop and they will watch. They have a chance to witness something special. That doesn't happen every day. (Well, outside of last season when it did happen every day.)

However, what if pitch count becomes so rigid that no one ever finishes a no-hitter? Is that fan going to stay and watch or will it no longer have any meaning when everyone knows the pitcher won't finish the game.

No.

He's going to keep flipping the channel until he finds something else.

Think about the fans in attendance in this game. How many went home feeling cheated out of witnessing something special? And how many did baseball lose because of it?
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That's all understandable, but a teams first priority is the health of its players, or at least it should be.

I get it. As a Dodgers fan, I was torn. On the one hand, it was not only a chance to witness history...it was a chance to watch my favorite player on my favorite team doing it. Superstitiously, I was trying to decide if I should risk jinxing it by letting my son know so he could watch with me if he came back out for the 8th. lol

If we were a little farther into the season and Kershaw had a few starts and his arm built up, I think the decision would have been different. If Roberts left him in and then he ended up on IR again, the same folks blasting him for taking him out, would be blasting him for leaving him in, in what was an otherwise meaningless game.

It is funny, the final out of the 7th inning was made on a really nice play by Gavin Lux on sharp grounder up the middle. I wonder if Roberts was kind of hoping that ball got through. lol
 
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