[La Enchiladita]

"I’m not disappointed at all," Kershaw told reporters after the game. "We got a win."

No warnings were given. I am still furious, even though the Dodgers won. Kershaw got win #19, protected his team, and I like the point that Plaschke makes. As Rick Monday said during the brouhaha, "the game has been taken away from the players," meaning the umpire overstepped his job description.

[La Enchiladita]

With two weeks left in the season, Kershaw leads the league in ERA (2.34) and strikeouts (236) while being tied for the league lead with 19 wins. Halladay may have pitched in bigger games, but he does not have better numbers, and the vote should not be close.

On a night he lost a fastball, Clayton Kershaw won an award, captured a clubhouse and asked a very pointed question of an Arizona hayseed.

Moral of the story: Don't mess with Texas.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, Kershaw is the rock on which my fantasy team is built (so I am not unbiased in any way). But I too think the ump was out-of-line here...a warning was warranted but Kershaw kept the ball low, he wasn’t headhunting, and it wasn’t even blatantly certain that he was throwing at him (the ball was not that far inside). It was a purpose pitch...a warning to the batter but it was not a dangerous pitch. Kershaw and both benches should have been warned right there and then that any more pitches like that would result in ejection...but he should never have been ejected on the spot like that. That is nanny-state umpiring. Think of what Bob Gibson did - much more than that - without getting tossed.

[cripplecreek]

Lots of personalities in baseball. Verlander is super calm on the mound but closer Jose Valverde dances his way off the field.

Verlander entered Sandy Koufax territory the other night with win number 23 and a no hitter in the same season.

[GSWarrior]

I don’t think Kershaw will win Cy Young. He is deserving, but three words: east coast bias.

[oh8eleven]

appeared to be a retaliation for Parra’s crotch-grabbing, home-run posing insult of the Dodgers on Tuesday night.
Good for Kershaw. Being a SF Giant fan (since before the move west), I naturally hate anything Dodger blue.
However, the show-boating that goes on by some players deserves payback.
A week or two ago, Francisco Cervelli hit a homer for the Yanks, then excitedly clapped his hands crossing the plate.
Next time at bat John Lackey (IIRC), drilled him with the first pitch. He deserved it.

[xrmusn]

When can not begin to imagine how these current day umps would have handled the Juan Marichal/John Roseboro incident.

Guess between ALL the umps/team officials/etc everyone in that game would have been arrested - except Willy Mays and maybe Sandy Koufax <: <: <: