liar whereabouts? i played in baseball leagues there back in the 90's and used to commute down to fountain valley from LA 5 days a week some good golf courses there as well
He lives in Brea, at least I think, because he used to mention his high school a lot that had the name Brea in it.
He's a Brea Olinda Wildcat. Coaches basketball. Rich school on the hill. I poke fun, but it's honestly a nice little campus up there. I <3 Brea.
Ken Gurnick/MLB.com: Kershaw really is the next Sandy Koufax. MVP, third Cy Young, fourth straight ERA title with a career-best 1.77, fourth All-Star berth, first no-hitter, 0.86 WHIP. Along with the MVP and Cy Young honors, he won three GIBBYs, Players Choice awards (voted by his peers) for Major League Player of the Year, NL Outstanding Pitcher and Marvin Miller Man of the Year, the Warren Spahn Award for best left-handed pitcher in baseball, the Dodgers' Roy Campanella Award and was the club nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award. He joined Boston's Pedro Martinez (in 1999) as the only pitchers since World War II with 20 wins in fewer than 30 starts. The Dodgers were 23-4 in his starts, seven games above .500 in everybody else's. He led the league in pretty much every pitching stat that mattered, including the advanced analytic metrics. .
Rick Honeycutt Believes Kershaw Driven To Be Great, Win A World Series by Matthew Moreno | Dodgers Nation -- 10 minutes ago In 2013 Clayton Kershaw finished with a pedestrian 16-9 record. However, as the stats landscape has transcended, wins and losses don’t carry as much weight as they previously did. That same season, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace led the Majors in ERA, ERA+, shutouts, strikeouts, and WHIP. Kershaw’s performance was enough to earn him a second Cy Young Award in three years, though the season ended in disappointment as he started Game 6 of the 2013 NLCS, which wound up as the Dodgers’ elimination loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. After missing the first month of 2014, Kershaw was as dominant as any pitcher in recent memory, save for one slip up against the Arizona Diamondbacks. He finished the season with a fourth-straight ERA title, becoming the first pitcher to do so, again led the Majors in several key categories, and won a third-career Cy Young Award and his first NL MVP Award. However, Kershaw was once more unable to solve the Cardinals in the postseason, which added more fuel to the notion he’s unable to replicate his regular-season performances in October. While Kershaw’s list of awards and accomplishments are noteworthy, Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt believes he’s driven by much more, according to Cary Osborne of Dodger Insider: "He has all the awards that he won, but to him it’s still not winning and getting to the World Series and winning the World Series. And that’s going to drive him to help our team and himself to get to that point. He’s that type of individual that that’s all that’s going to satisfy him. Obviously he gets to enjoy these accolades, but he understands this game is built around winning championships. He’s driven to be the best he can be every year, and he’s proven that.” Although he’s seemingly managed to do so the last four years, it’s difficult to fathom Kershaw having a better regular season in 2015 than the one he just put forth. That being said, his talent and work ethic should lend to another great year; granted it may not be of the same historic dominance as 2014. While the regular season plays an obvious role in affecting a team’s postseason aspirations, the early and middle months of 2015 will largely be viewed as a primer for Kershaw and the Dodgers until the calendar hits October.
the only surprise is they had to vote... Clayton Kershaw Named Top Starting Pitcher By MLB Network by Matthew Moreno | Sports Nation Posted -- 6 hours ago Coming off an impressive season in 2013 that culminated with an NL Cy Young Award, Clayton Kershaw built on his success and greatly surpassed the standard he’s set forth. Kershaw led all pithcers in wins, ERA, ERA+, complete games and WAR. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace was rewarded with a third-career Cy Young Award and his first MVP Award. Adding more historic perspective to Kershaw’s accomplishments, the ERA title was his fourth-straight — a first in baseball history. Whereas Kershaw managed to pitch his way to a historic regular season, he stumbled once again in the postseason against the St. Louis Cardinals. While the inability to get past the Cardinals put a dent in Kershaw’s legacy that’s still very much a work in progress, he’s still held in high regard by his peers and baseball analysts. With the 2015 season rapidly approaching, MLB Network has released their lists of “Top-10 Players Right Now” at their respective positions based on calculations by The Shredder. One of their latest rankings focused on starting pitchers, where Kershaw was ranked No. 1 and well ahead of Madison Bumgarner (No. 9), who’s emerged as the largest threat to Kershaw’s informal title of best pitcher of the game. After the unveiling of Kershaw as the No. 1 pitcher, Hall of Famer John Smoltz marveled at Kershaw’s season and spoke highly of the left-hander: Let me tell you something, this man gave up seven earned runs in an inning and two-thirds in Arizona. Throw that in the mix and it’s a sick year. His stuff is great, but his makeup and everything about him defines this guy as a great pitcher. He’s got everything.” Among pitchers who have thrown a minimum of 600 innings since 2011, Kershaw is first in ERA+ (172), FIP (2.41) and opponent OPS (.548). Last season opponents slashed .196/.231/.289, which wasn’t much better than how Kershaw fared with a bat in his hands — .175/.235/.206. Kershaw was also ranked the No. 1 pitcher by The Shredder in 2014, No. 3 in 2013 and No. 5 in 2012. Although he’s expected to move back to right field, The Shredder recently ranked Yasiel Puig the third-best center fielder behind Andrew McCutchen and Mike Trout. Included below is The Shredder’s complete list, as well as the rankings from Brian Kenny and Smoltz:
Seriously. At the end of the season they should have just collected up every major award available and UPS'd that shit to his house.