How can anyone defend Kershaw anymore...

[thetrinity]

Dodgers Teaserpleaser Kershaw

fresnoyouraiders

[thetrinity]

Hey may know more about baseball than SBR posters, but we know he is a moron.

exactly doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out another guy could do a better job

[smitch124]

Once again the playoffs come down, as boring as it is, to Bullpen Bullpen Bullpen.

[crustyme]

mattingly is the george w bush of managers. there will always be braindead retards who defend him because they mistake stupidity for greatness.

meanwhile bruce bochy is well on his way to his 3rd world series in 5 years with a payroll half that of the dodgers. now thats greatness.

[Killer_Demo]

fresnoyouraiders

11 points SBR pro

[crustyme]

11 points SBR pro

u cried to the mods cause ur ugly.

lololol

[Killer_Demo]

u cried to the mods cause ur ugly.

lololol

who you calling ugly you nose-ring fagg

[King Mayan]

Kershaw did a great job for 3 days rest....

Thanks for giving your best out there kershaw!!

[Russian Rocket]

11 points SBR pro

anorexic 60 lbs bitch with 1874 lose pts...might as well spend it on some rice nikka

[Killer_Demo]

anorexic 60 lbs bitch with 1874 lose pts...might as well spend it on some rice nikka

Wannabe russian gangster

[Russian Rocket]

Wannabe russian gangster

wanna be Fresno shot caller...let me know where to send a mask so you can breathe in that shit hole nikka....ohh and don't forget about that bag of rice also

[Killer_Demo]

wanna be Fresno shot caller...let me know where to send a mask so you can breathe in that shit hole nikka....ohh and don't forget about that bag of rice also

you just a customer

[Russian Rocket]

you just a customer

what a comeback
I would be a customer if the wind didn't pick up - you nikka disappeared as soon as it went north -west

give me your address- I'll send you a fukking spoon boy...

[Killer_Demo]

I'll send you a fukking spoon boy...

You can keep your heroin spoon junkie boy

[Russian Rocket]

You can keep your heroin spoon junkie boy

Fresno shot caller with a 5th grade level comebacks

[Killer_Demo]

Fresno shot caller with a 5th grade level comebacks

junkie-boy

[JMobile]

Kershaw did a great job for 3 days rest....

Thanks for giving your best out there kershaw!!

Dodgers....

[grease lightnin]

you just a customer

I dont get the feeling that rocket eats at mcdonalds

[jjgold]

Kershaw not a real competitor
Too lax
Not a killer

[klemopixx]

Send him to the Phillies! We'll take him and send you back Cole Hamels and Dom Brown to wander around your outfield for laughs. Kershaw is still a great pitcher...just not in October

[jjgold]

I would trade him for younger guys as he starting to get Near an age where he's going to get hit more

[opie1988]

I would trade him for younger guys as he starting to get Near an age where he's going to get hit more

^This fukkin clown.

He's 26, you moron.

[jjgold]

He will decline

Mentally he is ruined after this playoff disaster

[BeanTownClown88]

If the coach takes him out while the team is up 2-0 and they win..are we even talking about this?

[BeanTownClown88]

Also...for good fun, can't Kershaw just take a page from pedro's book and state for the media that The Cardinals are his Daddy?

[Dollars2Donuts]

Ope-ster....love ya man, and usually tend to agree with you, BUT there is a HUGE difference between 'knowing more about baseball' and managing a game well. I am betting than Don knows more about MLB than me, but I can assure you that I could manage a team through a season and/or game than Mattingly....could others here? Probably not the majority, in fact probably less than a handful, but nonetheless, he does not manage the game well.

One of the things that peaves me off about the Majors is the lack of care and attention that managers give to the game and the lack of respect that GM's give to the position of manager. Many managers in the bigs have their position because of their name and what that will mean with the media and at the gate and/or their relationships with the GMs. The thing is, to be a good manager, you need to be strategically sound AND have the respect of the clubhouse.....I just don't see many managers around that have both, BUT if I had to name a few, names like Showalter (a few issues, but manages games the right way), Maddon (the best in the game right now, I rarely, if ever disagree with a move he makes in the field), Gardenhire (my personal favourite) and Mike Scoscia.

I bet there are thousands (and I mean that literally) of managers across North America that can manage a game (and do manage games) better than 50% of the guys managing at the ML level right now and sometimes that makes baseball hard for us purists to watch.

[jjgold]

In any line of work the best people rarely have the job

If the perfectly qualified candidates got jobs without any external influence we would have a great world

[crustyme]

no different than grady little leaving pedro in too long in game 7 of 2003 alcs when he had thrown well over 100 pitches and allowed 3 hits in a row. no one blamed pedro for blowing that big lead because it was obvious he was gassed just like kershaw was.

grady was fired for it and so should mattingly.

[riffraff24]

The guy was over 100 pitches. If the Dodgers had any bullpen whatsoever all 3 losses in the series could have been avoided.

I wonder if some of you have even played baseball before. It doesn't seem like you really understand what happened.

[jjgold]

Mattingly has always been a bad manager

Many question why he did not get fired after his first year

[riffraff24]

Mattingly has always been a bad manager

Many question why he did not get fired after his first year

JJ. Do you know how many years hes been a Manager? "has always been"?

[3runhomer]

You don't understand baseball by that comment...Kershaw made 1 bad pitch. Zero can be pulled out from that regarding him choking.

[BennyBigNuts]

Mattingly will be gone but not because of what he did with KErshaw.
Kershaw has proven he can't handle the pressure.
110 pitches and then crying about 100 pitches on 3 days rest for him?
PLEASE
The guy is supposed to be the ace and the best player in MLB.
He didn't even pitch 200 innings this year he was prime for this spot, he just choked, like he has every other playoff game he's ever pitched.
Dodger had a bullpen full of garbage.
There is no reason to pull your ace because hes THE ACE.
IT's the fukkin playoffs.
Where stars step up.
Kershaw choked.
Plain and simple.
Stick your pitch counts in your asses. A measely 110 pitches then 3 days rest? Lol, get real.
It's win or go home, you throw until your arm is hanging like a dead piece of meat.
No one is giving any credit to the Cards offense, which is the real story.
They OWN Kershaw. They OWN the Dodgers. They OWN the playoffs period.
Better manager, better team, less egos. Easy winner.

[SharpAngles]

Dollars2Donuts knows whats up.

Ned Coletti believes in Mattingly for some reason and has been pretty clear they're at least honoring the 2 years of his contract so nobody in LA is talking about firing him. I can only hope they find some bullpen relief and get rid of Honeycutt this off season because they could be a powerhouse with a few more arms and real coaching in the playoffs.

[SharpAngles]

No one is giving any credit to the Cards offense, which is the real story.
They OWN Kershaw. They OWN the Dodgers. They OWN the playoffs period.
Better manager, better team, less egos. Easy winner.

Because its not a story that the Cards own the Dodgers in the playoffs. One Holliday drop from real domination.