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Clayton Kershaw hurt his back by carrying the pitching staff, amirite?
One day after he was named opening day starter for the Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw had back tightness that caused him to skip his scheduled bullpen session on Wednesday. The southpaw will not throw a bullpen session before Friday as a precaution. Ken Gurnick of MLB.com has more details.
Earlier in the day, manager Don Mattingly said as far as he knew the first day of workouts went smoothly but noted that he hadn't yet spoken with all the coaches and players. Mattingly even joked that the team made it through three sprints Wednesday without an injury, a reference to Dana Eveland, who pulled a hamstring while running on the first day of camp last year.
Kershaw first felt back stiffness during informal workouts last week, per Gurnick. The injury news comes on the same day that Mattingly was asked in the morning, prior to the team's first workout, if he was concerned of last year's workload for Kershaw, who threw a career-high 233 innings, 29 more than in 2010.
"i think he would probably fight us if we tried to change his routine now," Mattingly said. "We ask guys to try and find routines and stuck with them good or bad, kind of your blanket. Clayton's got his own routine, I'm sure it's worked for him. I'm not going to be the one that says 'Clayton, we need to change some things up here.'
"We know Clayton is young and has thrown a lot of innings, but we wouldn't do anything to jeopardize him. He's going to be taken care of like any of our guys."
Kershaw has pitched at least 200 innings in each of the last two seasons. The last Dodgers pitcher to throw 200 innings in three straight years was Orel Hershiser from 1985-1989.
Kershaw's first spring start will be March 9, per Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times.
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Yes, urite
G.Scott - February 22, 2012
It took me a second to realize what the hell you were talking about, haha.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Standard.
G.Scott - February 22, 2012
American Idol began at 6pm Pacific Time here in Glendale.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
whatever
it’s all about the Voice. ;)
Maddz - February 22, 2012
You and the six other people watching agree. :)
regfairfield - February 22, 2012
incorrect
the voice is where it’s at homie
Maddz - February 22, 2012
Oh it’s a much better show, but Javier Colons record sales show no one actually cares.
regfairfield - February 22, 2012
A lot of the winners from Idol don’t end up doing that well, either.
I hate that I know that. :)
Maddz - February 22, 2012
There’s not well and then theres “sold less records than the album you made before you won the voice”
regfairfield - February 22, 2012
Idol just insures the most boring people possible win, but at least the actually talented people fly passed them immediately.
regfairfield - February 22, 2012
I have to respect a show that makes me want to throw the winners into a woodchipper.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Going from winning Idol to opening for Lifehouse in five months counts as a woodchipper right?
regfairfield - February 22, 2012
I’ll allow it.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
NBC ratings just took another nosedive during your post.
Tripon - February 22, 2012
I like ’em both. One is on tonight.
Besides, I am not watching but the room I rented is a loft so I am listening along as the owner of the condo watches.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
blind auditions.
nice.
G.Scott - February 22, 2012
My chair swivels all the way around, too.
All I need is a ca….WAIT A MINUTE, I SEE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Sucker!!!!!
KellyStephen - February 22, 2012
Joke’s on the sucker who has one less obstacle to hear me snore.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
No shit.
KellyStephen - February 22, 2012
The Voice is pretty darn entertaining and I like the concept better than Idol, XFactor, etc. The problem for the show is that the talent (I’ve only watched this year) isn’t all that good.
UCLADodger32 - February 22, 2012
None of the talent on these music shows are usually any good. The music studios will snatch people up with any hint of popularity/ability.
Tripon - February 22, 2012
Yeah, like baseball management they never miss anything
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
Just got my BA Prospect Handbook
Will post some interesting tidbits if I see them.
They think our 2007 draft was pure shit. Only one possible big leaguer in the whole lot (Withrow). Grade: D
OTOH, 2008 is described as full of heists: Gordon, Sands, Eovaldi, Webster, Lindblom. Grade: B+
silverwidow - February 22, 2012
I feel like 2008 deserves more than a B+
Especially given how much BA likes Gordon more than other sources
Taylor Maricle - February 22, 2012
I feel like you're forgeting a former coMVP here
gall.
Ivdown - February 23, 2012
Been watching the Big Bang Theory
As described as one of my friends, “Nerd Blackface.”
Tripon - February 22, 2012
are you posting from a time machine?
Josie Becker - February 22, 2012
joys of syndication
makes everything new
Joey Joe - February 22, 2012
Haha
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
I wrote a little about Rubby at SBN LA
The Cliff’s Notes:
Rubby said he feels “unbelievable” and has had no setbacks.
He is currently throwing off flat ground at an “easy” intensity, though sometimes he feels so good he starts to ramp it up before a coach has to remind him to dial it back.
The tendon was taken from his right wrist.
He has been rehabbing in Arizona all winter. Only spent one week in the Dominican Republic.
He will throw off a mound in April, and the plan is for him to return after the All-Star break.
Bonus note: De La Rosa’s English has improved by leaps and bounds since last year (as in, he didn’t really speak it much at all a year ago) and he joked that he missed translator Kenji Nomura more than he did Hiroki Kuroda (Namura translated Japanese and Spanish). That was pretty funny from Giggles.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
What happened with Kenji Nomura?
Tripon - February 22, 2012
Moved on.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
He is in
The Big Apple
bhsportsguy - February 22, 2012 via mobile
I think he was hired by the Yankees before they signed Kuroda
JJ 24 - February 22, 2012
Why is SBN LA getting all the good stuff???
KellyStephen - February 22, 2012
Timing is a bitch
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
They pay?
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
cool
kinbote - February 22, 2012
Did anyone watch this week's How I Met Your Mother?
What a seriously good episode, best in a few seasons IMO.
Ivdown - February 22, 2012
I thought it was pretty weak. Main reason I keep watching is because Mondays don’t have much good Tv.
fbihop - February 22, 2012 via Android app
Was it the sex tape story line?
I thought that was good for cheap laughs. But the thing about Ted talking to Barney about loving Robin and then the end with Robin and Ted and Robin and Marshall was really good to me, pretty sad.
Ivdown - February 22, 2012
Made an insanely dumb mistake in poker. Thought I had a 4, which would have given me a straight, when I really had a two, which just gave me a pair of 2s. Went all in and lost.
So dumb.
fbihop - February 22, 2012 via Android app
it started meh and ended great
but the last season and a half has been filler so we better get some actual progression in the rest of the season or I’m done with it.
nolander - February 22, 2012
Actually, I am curious how Eric decides which of his stuff goes on SBLA and which goes here (and why not both).
JonWeisman - February 22, 2012
I wonder if it's a coin flip type of situation
Also, you don’t really know me (probably at all, lol), but I wanted to say that was a really great article the other day, really deep and got a lot of people thinking.
Ivdown - February 22, 2012
At first I thought you meant my Spring Training primer. But thanks.
JonWeisman - February 22, 2012
I think was the
Mandrill story
bhsportsguy - February 22, 2012 via mobile
Right – it took me a second but I got it.
JonWeisman - February 22, 2012
He’s probably just playing one against the other to get the price up.
KellyStephen - February 22, 2012
I was actually planning to do both sites for Rubby, but the timing of the Kershaw news threw me for a loop. Didn’t want to have another post here so soon after that.
Plus, usually it depends on whether or not I have time.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Seems like you have the same decision. Spring Training Primer was on ESPN not Dodger Thoughts
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
Well, that comes down to what they want to pay me for now and what they no longer have any interest in.
JonWeisman - February 23, 2012
much needed win
by the Lakers
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
Biggest road win of the year
LAL32 - February 22, 2012
no time to rest
got OKC tomorrow, oh man…….
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
Kobe played 38 min, Pau 39, Bynum 35. Oh man indeed
LAL32 - February 22, 2012
well
OKC played today too………
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
OKC’s best players aren’t 30+ tho
LAL32 - February 22, 2012
aye
there’s the rub
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
Antonio Alfonseca has an easy time keeping track of them all.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
I missed the final two minutes must have been a hell of comeback
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
Lakers missed six straight FT in the fourth quarter. (18 for 31 on the night)
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Kobe cracked me up after the game
as the sideline reporter lady asks him “What was going through your mind as you missed those free throws.”
Kobe:(laughs) This sucks
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;ylt=ApVuITIg0.T13RP1xp3cgRvLYF?slug=ti-brownmatt_kemp_dodgers_50_homers_steals_club_022212
Ivdown - February 22, 2012
Earlier in the day, Mattingly said the same thing but used 20/20. Maybe there was a script rewrite from the time it got from Ned to Mattingly.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Most pathetic win of the year by the Clippers against a seriously undermanned Denver team. Either that or Denver had the best draft of 2011 by leaps and bounds.
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
Hey everybody
Just checking in. What have I missed, other than THE COMPLETE DISASTER OF ONE OF THE ONLY TWO GOOD PLAYERS SHUTTING DOWN A (mumble mumble first meaningless bullpen meaningless mumble mumble).
/logs off
Humma Kavula - February 22, 2012
roughly 87 posts or so.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
Remember when I shut down the limericks last May or whatever because things got shitty at work?
Shitty time got moved earlier this year. Which is bad right now, but might mean more limericks during baseball season.
I’ll go back and read the 87 posts.
Humma Kavula - February 22, 2012
Knock on wood
but my new USB wireless device is working like a charm so far.
Eric Stephen - February 22, 2012
So the Chinese will be stealing all your Dodger stories?
Xeifrank - February 22, 2012
So it begins
Phil Gurnee - February 22, 2012
cryptic
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
it is 2012, after all
JJ 24 - February 22, 2012
I've decided that my attitude towards winning this season is "whatthefuckever"
I just want to see our pitching prospects that i’ve heard about for so long play when Harang goes down with a season-ending injury and Lilly blows out his neck or something.. Webster, Withrow, etc.
Taylor Maricle - February 22, 2012
before last season, some here dubbed Jerry Sands "The Mayan"
because, “He’s going to destroy the world in 2012”. I hope that prediction comes true. :)
Tommy Blackjack - February 22, 2012
It?
berkowit28 - February 23, 2012
Just joined a fantasy league where everyone has terrible puns as their team names. So to fit in, I called my team The Bear Ne-Cespedes.
Nolij - February 23, 2012
Nice.
Taylor Maricle - February 23, 2012
Anyone have a sort of "guilty pleasure" in watching the Dodgers?
I liked watching Guerra close even though Jansen’s better, for example. In 2010, i really enjoyed watching Gibbons, and in 2009 i enjoyed Brent Leach’s appearances (mostly because i had read some of his wife’s blog and liked his background)
Taylor Maricle - February 23, 2012
only when I unbuckle my….whoops, I have already said too much
seriously no, I have no idea what the heck you are talking about
Hollywood Joe - February 23, 2012
new post
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/2/23/2811807/2012-dodgers-player-profile-matt-treanor
Eric Stephen - February 23, 2012
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