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Shimrra Jamaane posted:If it was just a no hitter who gives a gently caress. Theres been hundreds and hundreds of them. But a perfect game through 7? At 80 pitches. With THIRTEEN STRIKEOUTS?! They had a shortened spring training due to the lockout, so his pitch count isn't built up. How many pitches do you really want him throwing in his first start of the season after he couldn't even pitch in the playoffs because of an elbow injury
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El Gary breaking it up with a liner out to RF is also loving  I cannot get over how perfect that is.
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I know the Cubs are broke or whatever but going into the season with Patrick Wisdom as your every day 3B was a really bad decision.
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Just as bonkers as all the other bits is that, deep into a perfect game Kershaw threw multiple chanegups, and even got a whiff on one of them https://twitter.com/ChadMoriyama/status/1514311300611858443 He's been trying to throw this pitch for like a decade.
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That was a foul tip, not a whiff.  (Kershaw rules.)
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Popete posted:Felt like the Rays pulling Snell who was cruising in the Worlds Series because the number says so and immediately giving up the lead. Snell was different because that was a strategic call. The Rays pulled him because they thought he couldn't handle third time through the lineup. The Dodgers pulled Kershaw for health reasons.
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Apr 13, 2022 21:48
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Snell was also Game 6 of the World Series.
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another quote from the man himself, I thought his slider looked good late there but if he disagrees then who am I to argue https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1514345211920625680
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Maybe Kershaw's competitive spirit wouldn't allow it or whatever but it was a 6-0 game why not just have him throw fastballs at 80% or something and try to BABIP some outs and then pull him after the first baserunner
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Nodoze posted:They had a shortened spring training due to the lockout, so his pitch count isn't built up. How many pitches do you really want him throwing in his first start of the season after he couldn't even pitch in the playoffs because of an elbow injury Yea, it'd be really lovely to see Kershaw's elbow explode over a perfect game. It's not like he really needs one to cement his legacy and if he does, he practically threw one already in 2014 Perfect through 7 is awesome as hell though, kinda like Bumgarner's no hitter except better
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bawfuls posted:90 gamescore, one of the best starts of his career and his highest gamescore since May 12th, 2016 That's got to be the best game score of a 7.0 IP start of all time, right?
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tinstaach posted:That's got to be the best game score of a 7.0 IP start of all time, right? Yes. https://twitter.com/joe_sheehan/status/1514357126096990219
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V: Ghost runners are still dumb (not because we lost, but because they're dumb)
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Johnny Bravo posted:Yea, it'd be really lovely to see Kershaw's elbow explode over a perfect game. It's not like he really needs one to cement his legacy and if he does, he practically threw one already in 2014 I mean what the gently caress is the point of competing at all if you’re this risk averse? The idea that accomplishments like perfect games don’t mean anything is as soulless as the commissioner calling the World Series trophy a hunk of metal. I’m not here to watch Andrew Friedman win at game theory.
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Dodgers passing up a chance to put up another perfect game pennant.
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Someone wins the World Series every year. There have been 23 perfect games, and it is never a guarantee. loving let him finish it.
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Pungry posted:Someone wins the World Series every year. There have been 23 perfect games, and it is never a guarantee. loving let him finish it. Almost every year!
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Johnny Bravo posted:Yea, it'd be really lovely to see Kershaw's elbow explode over a perfect game. It's not like he really needs one to cement his legacy and if he does, he practically threw one already in 2014 put it on his plaque, "practically threw two no hitters", epic as hell
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:I mean what the gently caress is the point of competing at all if you’re this risk averse? As others pointed out on twitter, the way this game went and how Kershaw handled it is really part and parcel to his career arc. There was a (long) time where his competitive drive led him to push himself past the breaking point again and again. We saw this in the form of notorious 7th inning October breakdowns and the injuries which have kept him from making 30+ starts in a season since 2015. His internal struggle to recognize his limits and more importantly accept them is the story of his second half, and ultimately how he finally achieved his ultimate goal of a championship. It is not as simple as being "this risk averse." Kershaw's journey to this point, to being able to say "my stuff is slipping, I want to go 80-85 pitches here even though I'm perfect" is the capstone of his career. It's the Apotheosis of The Hero's Journey. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Apr 14, 2022 |
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bawfuls posted:Kershaw called a perfect game ultimately a selfish pursuit in his post-game presser. His priority is another World Series. After all he's been through in his career, if he says a championship is the pinnacle achievement for him, then who are we to argue? See also: Stieb, Dave.
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This guy owns https://twitter.com/mlbhrvideos/status/1514419069910499329?s=21&t=idddbVipMGWmU1JurPgokA
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Ambassador of Funk posted:If this week isn’t a mirage the Giants rotation has a chance to be something really special. Webb pitched a gem against the Padres today  And Alex Cobb struck out 10 in his first start... I didn't love that signing, but if that's our 5th starter then this could be a fun year.
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man y'all pretty upset about a legendary pitcher making a decision about pitching
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hendricks might be done and i am insanely bummed out
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bewbies posted:man y'all pretty upset about a legendary pitcher making a decision about pitching Dave Roberts is a legendary pitcher?
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News: Cool Kyle Views: 
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bawfuls posted:Kershaw called a perfect game ultimately a selfish pursuit in his post-game presser. His priority is another World Series. After all he's been through in his career, if he says a championship is the pinnacle achievement for him, then who are we to argue? Upon further reflection, his Apotheosis was the 2019 NLDS gm5 relief appearance. Here, I made a visual aid: 
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euphronius posted:https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1514429144586719235?s=21&t=muD3n7CiPDUhPd1TapFxyQ you know how you read something ridiculous and you just laugh? that was my reaction to that number im glad kersh was cool with it. then i wish he was still a little selfish because a shot at history is worth way more than a ballgame in april
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Dog Faced JoJo posted:Dodgers passing up a chance to put up another perfect game pennant. I, for one, appreciate the Dodgers not being antisemitic and letting Koufax stand alone. euphronius posted:https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1514429144586719235?s=21&t=muD3n7CiPDUhPd1TapFxyQ The loving pitches he cranked out off of Cole and Loaisiga weren't even terrible pitches! This was a 99mph fastball! https://twitter.com/MearnsPSA/status/1514393544764571648?s=20&t=mKTQqxZpk10bJlSP1xUGcw
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The other day I wondered how many career home runs Vladito needs for he and his father to surpass Bobby & Barry Bonds He’s only 579 away now
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I don't really watch baseball but I heard someone got pulled after 7 perfect innings and that's the dumbest poo poo I've ever heard in my life what in the gently caress
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If it wasn't for his injury history, the fact he couldn't ramp up, and how fine he was with it I'd be mad. Only 23 perfect games ever* and one imperfect one. Still actually sad thinking about that
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I'm annoyed because there's a real chance that if he started just soft tossing he could have snuck through two perfect innings, hell I'm sure Jered Weaver managed two back to back perfect innings at some point after his velocity fell to like 80 But whatever if Kershaw is fine with it and not just being the Good Soldier in the media then not my problem I guess
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:I mean what the gently caress is the point of competing at all if you’re this risk averse? I guess we'll just have to disagree then. He's coming off a season ending elbow injury that also cost him 2 months earlier in 2021, PRP injections, a short spring training and it's the first week of the season. I think there's a reasonable level of risk there if his goal is to stay healthy for the next 6 months. This is all moot anyways since Kershaw himself thought it was the right move so who the gently caress cares, it's his body Johnny Bravo fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Apr 14, 2022 |
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Why are people SO upset about Kershaw? Yeah it would've been cool but people are acting like it's The Day Baseball Died even though there's a perfectly reasonable explanation that Kershaw himself endorses.
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