cheaptrick77 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 see the pitch (Red Sox @ Dodgers 03/09/08): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2M0c6DxCMY Clayton Kershaw's curve ball is Public Enemy No. 1 (from Duk's Big League Stew) He's still a week away from his 20th birthday, ranks as the best pitching prospect in all of baseball and now Clayton Kershaw even has a fantastic nickname for his curveball, courtesy of the great one himself, Vin Scully. Just watch what is the best spring highlight to date ... You don't even have to be a Dodger fan to get all excited over seeing the helpless look on Sean Casey's face. Kershaw is still young, but it seems like the practicioner of Public Enemy No. 1 deserves a chance to be Dodger Starter No. 5. However, Joe Torre says no go: Kershaw will be in big league camp for the remainder of spring, but he's not a candidate for the rotation. Since he's still a year away from legal drinking age, that kind of restraint is admirable. And if nothing else, maybe Kershaw's footsteps can light a fire under Esteban Loaiza or Chan Ho Park. Better yet, maybe he could teach those guys to pitch like that, too. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition...1,1547902.story Kershaw will stay a while with Dodgers (by Dylan Hernandez | Los Angeles Times Staff Writer) VERO BEACH, Fla. -- However much the Dodgers said Clayton Kershaw would be moved along slowly, they could resist only so much. The day that started with Manager Joe Torre's maintaining that the 19-year-old left-hander wasn't contending for a spot in the rotation ended with his revealing that the organization's top prospect would spend the remainder of the spring in major league camp. The decision to move up Kershaw from minor league camp, Torre said, was made before Kershaw threw only 10 pitches in a 1-2-3 fourth inning in the Dodgers' 4-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday in front of 9,293, the largest crowd to ever see a game at Holman Stadium. "It won't hurt him to be around the camp and be able to have the experience," said Torre, reemphasizing the Kershaw wasn't being looked at as a potential member of the rotation. Kershaw said he was surprised by the news, which was first delivered to him by pitching coach Rick Honeycutt. "I'm pretty excited," he said. And, from Russell Martin's view behind home plate, pretty spectacular. "He keeps his fastball down and knee high," Martin said. "There's not really much you can do with a 96-mile-per-hour fastball knee high. And he has that tremendous breaking ball. The hitters have to pick one because if they're sitting on one, they can't hit the other. He's pitching like a major-league pitcher. You can just tell by how the hitters are reacting to his stuff, getting jammed, buckling on curveballs." Buckling on one of those curveballs and striking out looking to end the inning was Sean Casey. Earlier, Kershaw retired Mike Lowell on a popup and J.D. Drew on a broken-bat groundout. "I wish he had a Red Sox uniform on," Boston Manager Terry Francona said. "I can see why he's the buzz of spring training." Relayed Francona's words, Torre replied with a grin, "Tell him it's tampering and I'll report him to the commissioner's office." In a more serious moment, Torre stressed the importance of not rushing the kid. "The thing that we have to make sure we put first is what's best for him," Torre said. "What's best for him is going to be the best for the organization in the long term." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Wow, reminds me of Barry Zito when he was younger. :notworthy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoelessjoelives Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Curveball or whatever it is, can he pitch in the big leagues ? That's the only question we need answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clawsnstripes Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 big jug definitely jelly legged casey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panthergrad06 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 He was a hoss in high school too......played at Highland Park I got to bat against him in their tourney one year 0-2 2K both looking at that curveball... I don't feel so bad now seeing what he did to Sean Casey only i think i jumped out of the box or ducked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitEmHarder Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ugly...ugly...ugly pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPRF07 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Ugly...ugly...ugly pitch! I'd say beautiful... :notworthy: ...That was filthy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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