All posts tagged Clayton Kershaw

Bacon Coleslaw: The Best Pitcher On The Planet

Don’t read this for a recap of how wonderful he was, go watch all the videos and keep watching theseĀ on repeat. What I want to talk about is how insanely good Kershaw was, not just for last night, not just for this year, not just this decade or era, but all time pitching performances… ever. Read this from Wikipedia: Game Score Game Score is a…

Opening Day Lineup 2014!

Staying up till 1am? Check. Opening day lineup posted? Check. Lineup analysis? Here we go… Let’s start with who’s in and who’s out. The biggest thing to look at here is that Justin Turner gets the nod at second base. But what does that mean? It means that Dee Gordon beat out Alex Guerrero for second base, at least in terms of getting the first…

Starting On The Right (and left) Foot

The Dodgers have a very peculiar schedule to open 2014, and I’m not just referring to opening it up down in Australia. The season opens with a double-header in the land down under that is a week before they play any regular season games in the US. Then they have 5 off days that happen after they play their US opener in San Diego. This…

Clayton Kershaw: The Ace of Paid

It has been revealed earlier today that Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers have extended our favorite pitcher’s contract to the tune of 7 years and $215 million. Yes, that’s the largest contract for a pitcher ever, yes that’s $30.7 million per year which is the largest annually for any player ever, and yes I am very happy with this deal. Let’s break it down, shall…