Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Kershaw's No-No

I guess we would be remiss if we didn't record something about Clayton Kershaw's amazing performance last Wednesday.  According to Bill James' formula, it was the 2nd greatest start by a pitcher in the last 100 years, trailing only fellow DFW-native Kerry Wood's 1998 1-hitter with 20 K's.  Kershaw struck out 15 with no walks, the first no-hitter ever to reach that many K's without a walk.  And, despite the 15 K's, he only needed 107 pitches, reaching 2 balls on 11 batters and 3 balls on only one.  He did not throw a ball to any of the final 6 hitters.  We can only hope that Kershaw maintains his health so we get to watch these next 5-7 years of him in full force.

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