Kolek planning to go pro
Back to baseball, after watching Clayton Kershaw pitch for an inning last night I don't know how anyone ever gets a hit off that guy. Quirky mechanics and filthy stuff.
He is just fun to watch.And love watching Sale pitch to lefties.
That guy is just unreal.
Until the playoffs
Comerica Park is a pitcher's park.
Yeah, he certainly is no john lackey
Less than an hour from the border. I'll be at the Rogers Center tomorrow night to see the Jays.
Let me know how it is. Not much time to get away this year, so my annual baseeball trip with my son will be to Atlanta to see the Braves a couple times next weekend.
I get what you are saying, but 27 teams would trade their Number 1 starter straight up for Kershaw to start Game 1 of the playoffs. Seattle probably wouldn't and St. Louis might not. His xFIP is 3.69 in the postseason, 3.19 overall in his career.
The Rogers Center / Skydome was a good watch. They opened the roof and it was a perfect sunny evening in Toronto. We were sitting in left field about 6 rows from the field, but the lower outfield level hangs over the wall so it didn't feel as close. My 11 year old loves Melky Cabrera since he wad a Yankee so it was good to sit behind him in the outfield to keep the kids interested. We couldn't see the Jumbotron in center field from where we sat but that was indicated when I bought the tickets. Loudest place I saw game. Toronto is a way better baseball town than I thought and there were blue shirts everywhere the whole weekend. Game was a near sell-out. Beer was the same price as Yankee Stadium. And our friends from Ontario recommended taking the subway to downtown and it was a good call.
Thanks for the update. I've been to 23 MLB ballparks (to be fair, that includes the 3 different Yankee Stadiums, and 2 different parks each for the White Sox, Mets and Brewers) but haven't yet been to Toronto. My favorite ballpark is Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City.How was the drive from CT? Seems quite a haul.
You may have to put the white sox there as well. Sale is a monster, signed long term and very affordable. He's not as good as Kershaw but the value is there.
As good as Sale is, his days are numbered.
Hard to see him still being effective at 30 with that arm action. Hard on the body.
No actually I haven't heard of many incidents of retaliation against clearly non-intentional HBP before.
Just happened again. In the Sox-Royals game tonight.
I think there is some history here. I believe these are the 5th & 6th hit batters in games between KC and CWS this year.
Yeah, he doesn't have the perfect mechanics of Jose Fernandez, Adam Wainwright, Matt Moore, Matt Harvey, or Ben Sheets. He may be injured, but it probably won't have anything to do with his arm slot or his delivery. Trying to prognosticate what pitchers will be injured, especially based on their motions is just silly. He is probably most similar to Randy Johnson in terms of build and motion, and he pitched until he was 104.