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Tag Archives: Clayton Kershaw
Koufax and Kershaw, Leveling the Playing Field…
In my last post, I gave you a pretty comprehensive overview of Sandy Koufax and Clayton Kershaw. For Koufax it encompassed his six years of dominance from 1961 through 1966 and for Kershaw it ran from 2011 into this year. Clayton … Continue reading
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Tagged Clayton Kershaw, Cy Young Award, Sandy Koufax
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Clayton Kershaw, Sandy Koufax and a Comparison in Dominance…
My son has, on various occasions, uttered the phrase, “Kershaw is the most dominant pitcher of all time.” Factored into this is his firm belief that todays baseball players are better than the superstars of yesteryear. There is validity in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1959 World Series, 1963 World Series, 1965 World Series, 1966 World Series, 2013 NLDS, Addie Joss, Big Ed Walsh, Boston Beaneaters, Clayton Kershaw, Cy Young Award, Grasshopper Jim Whitney, National League MVP, Pedro Martinez, Post Season Pitching, Sandy Koufax, WHIP, WINS Above Replacement, World Series, World Series MVP
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Kershaw, Tiant and One Other Guy…
On Friday night, August 7, 2015, Clayton Kershaw took to the hill in Pittsburgh sporting his 37 consecutive inning scoreless streak. In a pregame report on the MLB Network, it was stated that Kershaw had joined Luis Tiant as the … Continue reading
“Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.” Yogi Berra
Last Saturday August 1, 2015 baseball history was made. For the first time the reigning league MVP’s faced each other in a game. Well it’s sorta true. Thanks to the not so great idea of interleague play, it happened during the regular … Continue reading
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Tagged "Lefty" Grove, 1931 World Series, 1934 World Series, 1936 World Series, 1942 World Series, 1945 World Series, 1956 World Series, 1963 World Series, 1968 World Series, Babe Ruth, Bob Gibson, Carl Hubbell, Clayton Kershaw, Dazzy Vance, Denny McLain, Dizzy Dean, Don Newcombe, Elston Howard, Frankie Frisch, Hal Newhouser, Joe Gordon, Kerry Keene, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Cochrane, Mickey Lolich, Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout, Mort Cooper, MVP Award, MVP Pitchers, Phil Cavaretta, Pitchers who won the MVP, Sandy Koufax, Ted Williams, The Fordham Flash, Walter Johnson, Yogi Berra
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Rolling Out 2013 and Looking Ahead…..
Sunday night the Major League baseball season began its historic 2013 season when the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers battled in an American League game to open the ’13’ campaign. That’s right, the Astros are now in the American League, as the team to … Continue reading
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