Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Whether Clayton Kershaw is the second coming of Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela or whomever, one thing’s for certain: the kid looked legitimate in his debut today. Here’s his line:

Pitcher

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

HR

PC-ST

ERA

Kershaw

6.0

5

2

2

1

7

0

102-69

3.00

Vin accurately noted during the telecast that Kershaw really settled down after the first inning and got [...]

Not only was Sandy Koufax a legend on the field, but he’s quietly been an ongoing inspiration to the team’s younger pitchers for more years than I can remember, and this year is no exception (well, Sandy did take a few years off during the FOX ownership era, but all is now well with his [...]

Tiger Woods’ autograph is hard to come by.  He gives it very sparingly and uses Upper Deck to help limit forgeries that typically flood the market for autographs.
Tiger himself has only asked for two autographs in his entire life.  The first was from boxing great Muhammad Ali.  Who was the other?
Dodger great Sandy Koufax.
Why Koufax?  [...]