The Los Angeles Dodgers saved Clayton Kershaw from baseball immortality. In Wednesday’s matchup against the Minnesota Twins, the 34-year-old turned back to the clock in his first start of the season, reminding the baseball world of the Clayton Kershaw players feared.
The baseball world is reacting.
“There have been more than 220,000 games in MLB history. There were 23 perfect games… you can’t pull it” — ESPN’s Jeff Passan
The Tampa Bay Rays were the only team in baseball to pursue a combined perfect game. However, Ryne Stanek had only pitched two innings before Ryan Yardborough carried the perfecto into the ninth.
As Passan mentioned, this was not a no-hitter. The last time a pitcher was pulled by a no-hitter was just last week in Arizona when Bob Melvin pulled Sean Manaea after seven unsuccessful innings.
The same fate befell the Los Angeles Dodgers as Gary Sanchez scored the first Twins hit once Kershaw was replaced by Alex Vesia.
Former Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden, who threw a perfect game 12 years ago, also took to Twitter. He said if he were Kershaw he would physically fight Dave Roberts to keep pitching.
After the game, Kershaw addressed the media and said he supported his skipper’s decision and offered the MLB lockout as a scapegoat. According to Kershaw, had he had the opportunity to train and build strength in the offseason, he and the team would have felt more confident pushing Kershaw forward in his quest for perfection.
However, most people share the same opinion as Draftking baseball personality Jared Carrabis. The Los Angeles Dodgers committed a crime against baseball.
The beauty of this sport is that every day, even a Wednesday afternoon in April, is an opportunity to excel. A chance to do something that has only happened in 0.0001% of major league games to date. Dave Roberts kept fans from witnessing this, and the Dodgers will face a lot of criticism going forward.
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