Common sense

[fan_since79]

No one had to tell Clayton Kershaw that the playoffs mean everything.

 

"It's a whole new season," the Dodgers pitcher said. "And nobody cares about what you did in the regular season."

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-angels-lose-20141008-story.html

 

 

Refreshing.

 

 

 

[Angelsjunky]

Yup.

 

I guess the pressure got to him, I don't know.

[shellback]

jmo, the dodgers worked him like a rented jackass, just like they do all thier star pitchers, from kofax to valenzuela to kershaw.

sad to watch em burn out great talent.

[WallyWorld]

i don't know how much it was the pressure of the playoffs, and how much of it was the Cardinals having his number for whatever reason.

[mtangelsfan]

 

No one had to tell Clayton Kershaw that the playoffs mean everything.

 

"It's a whole new season," the Dodgers pitcher said. "And nobody cares about what you did in the regular season."

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-angels-lose-20141008-story.html

 

 

Refreshing.

 

 

It didn't work out for him very well, did it?

Edited October 8, 2014 by mtangelsfan

[Adam]

KershaL is right

[19HALO71]

Crap shoot?

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I thought that quote came from Ke$ha.

[tomsred]

 

No one had to tell Clayton Kershaw that the playoffs mean everything.

 

"It's a whole new season," the Dodgers pitcher said. "And nobody cares about what you did in the regular season."

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-angels-lose-20141008-story.html

 

 

Refreshing.

 

 

As Sully said in another thread (different subject)......Maybe he just sucked for a week?

 

Worse things happen.

[nando714]

Kershaw = no moxie

[fan_since79]

As Sully said in another thread (different subject)......Maybe he just sucked for a week?

 

Worse things happen.

 

Babe Ruth got thrown out trying to steal second base, to end the 1926 World Series.

 

Ralph Terry threw a fastball to Bill Mazeroski in 1960 that stayed up over the plate.

 

 

Those are worse things than Kershaw's meltdown. You could find many more examples.

[QuinlansMinion]

Still waiting for someone to explain the Cardinals, Giants, and Red Sox if the playoffs are such a crapshoot.

[ELEVEN]

Cards are such a machine. I think they will win it.

[Guest]

Babe Ruth got thrown out trying to steal second base, to end the 1926 World Series.

 

Ralph Terry threw a fastball to Bill Mazeroski in 1960 that stayed up over the plate.

 

 

Those are worse things than Kershaw's meltdown. You could find many more examples.

 

[ABC]

It didn't work out for him very well, did it?

 

HAHA! nice.

[Stradling]

Still waiting for someone to explain the Cardinals, Giants, and Red Sox if the playoffs are such a crapshoot.

The Red Sox finished in last place, so we don't have to talk about them in the playoffs. We might as well talk about every time the Marlins make the playoffs they win it all. If your WS wins happen years apart, there is zero relevance between the two, there is no carry over affect. Just like there is no carry over affect or correlation between the Angels in 2009 and the Angels in 2014.

[Ohtaniland]

Cards are such a machine. I think they will win it.

 

Without you know who. 

[Stradling]

Without you know who.

Yep, all those championships since Albert left.

[Docwaukee]

Still waiting for someone to explain the Cardinals, Giants, and Red Sox if the playoffs are such a crapshoot.

those teams win in the playoffs because they have better fans.  

[CAAngelsLifer]

I dont have much experience with Cardinals fans being argumentative (and my family is originally from st. louis, so i'm related to a TON of cards fans) but in the last few days they sure have been gloating a lot about Albert losing in the ALDS with the Angels while the Cardinals moved into the NLCS. Why do they care all of a sudden? If they are as happy about his decreased productivity as they seem to be then why aren't they just glad not to have anymore and leave it at that? It's not like we are rivals... 

[Blarg]

Yup.

 

I guess the pressure got to him, I don't know.

 

This is not his first rodeo and he has fallen off the bull before the gates opened before. Over 6 playoff series he has a 5.13 ERA. He has shown flashes of brilliance for 2 games in 2013 and completely shit the bed in the next series the same year blowing up with a 6.30 ERA in the other two games. This year he didn't pitch well in either game.

[Bruce Nye]

Still waiting for someone to explain the Cardinals, Giants, and Red Sox if the playoffs are such a crapshoot.

 

 

Good point.  The Giants won the game on a bases loaded walk and a wild pitch.  That shit happens, right?   

[Bruce Nye]

I have a hard time pinning this on Kershaw.  He was on 3 days rest and the Dodgers BP had shit the bed down the stretch.  Donnie baseball was going to be criticized if he took Kershaw out and the BP lost the game, or if he left him in.

 

Crap shoot.

[Angel Oracle]

Kershaw was Kershaw in game 4 until Adams took him deep in the 7th.

[19HALO71]

I come here occasionally just for the laughs.