Dodger’s Kershaw Readies For Opener Against Giants
GLENDALE, Ariz. (CBS / AP) ― Ask Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly about left-hander Clayton Kershaw, and he talks about a work ethic. It is always there. It was there even in Africa. Kershaw...
View ArticleDaily Madden: The Difference Between Fans And Thugs
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt and Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Jamey Carroll both addressed fans at AT&T Park Monday night, condemning the attack on Giants fan...
View ArticleKershaw Outduels Lincecum To Give Dodgers 1-0 Win Over Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Clayton Kershaw was one pitch better than Tim Lincecum in a matchup of All-Star aces, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants 1-0 Wednesday. Kershaw...
View ArticleDodgers Rally To Overcome Another Giants Pitching Gem
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – NL Cy Young Award contender Clayton Kershaw outdueled two-time winner Tim Lincecum, pinch-hitter Jamey Carroll drove home the go-ahead run in the ninth and the Los Angeles...
View ArticleSF Giants Report To Camp With Chemistry
By Scott Miller, CBS Sports Senior Baseball Columnist SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CBS Sports) — Thirty-eight degrees and Jack Frost nipping at Tim Lincecum’s newly exposed ears in the morning, but you know...
View ArticleDaily Madden: Kershaw Spoils Giants’ Opener
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – It was a pitchers’ duel between the Giants’ Matt Cain and the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles Monday afternoon. “The way that thing started with Matt Cain going and...
View ArticleGiants Get Another Shot At Solving Dodgers’ Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw has routinely mowed down baseball's best hitters since his arrival in the major leagues. His next start could prove to be one of his most challenging - but not because of the competition.
View ArticleSports Verdict: Who Is The Best Pitcher In Baseball? Clay Buchholz Vs....
By Christian S. Kohl Both Clayton Kershaw and Clay Buchholz find themselves off to absolutely electric starts in the 2013 season. Their numbers in nearly every statistical category are downright...
View ArticleSports Verdict: Which Team Will Win The World Series? Dodgers Vs. Red Sox
By Christian S. Kohl October will be here soon enough, and as summer transitions to the Fall, so to does the attention of fans from regular season play to the Fall Classic. With the Red Sox and Dodgers...
View ArticleKershaw Hopes To Lift Dodgers Past Injuries In Game 1 Of NLDS
ATLANTA (AP) It’s been a while since either team played a truly meaningful game. The Los Angeles Dodgers took control of the NL West with an amazing 2 1-2-month stretch and could let off the gas over...
View ArticleKershaw With 12K’s Powers Through Braves To Help Dodgers Go Up 1-0 In NLDS
ATLANTA (CBSLA.com/AP) — Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened the playoffs looking intent on ending that quarter-century drought since their last World Series championship. For the...
View ArticleWacha Outduels Kershaw To Put Cardinals Up 2-0 In NLCS Over Dodgers
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rookie Michael Wacha pitched into the seventh inning with zero margin for error and the St. Louis Cardinals silenced the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight day, winning 1-0...
View ArticleHome Field Only an Advantage to St. Louis, Unkind to Boston in LCS Matchups
By Sam McPherson Home-field advantage in the Major League baseball playoffs doesn’t always pan out — just ask the Oakland Athletics, of course, a team that just lost a deciding Game Five of their...
View ArticleWhy the Dodgers Game 3 Win over the Cardinals in NLCS Was Critical
By Sam McPherson Any seven-game playoff series is always about Game Three. Really… Consider each of the following possible scenarios for the third game in this standard playoff format (home-field...
View ArticleDodgers Feeling Confident Heading Into Kershaw’s Game 6 In NLCS
ST. LOUIS (CBSLA.com/AP) — Michael Wacha outpitched NL Cy Young front-runner Clayton Kershaw in Game 2 and the Cardinals won 1-0 on an unearned run to take a 2-0 series lead. They’re matched again in...
View ArticleCardinals Blast Dodgers En Route To Fourth World Series In Ten Years
By Sam McPherson If the New York Yankees are the cream of the American League crop, then the St. Louis Cardinals are certainly the icing on top of the National League cake. With a 9-0 thumping of the...
View ArticleA’s Hit Kershaw Hard, Defeat Dodgers In Cactus League
PHOENIX (CBS / AP) — Clayton Kershaw allowed five runs on two hits and three walks and was unable to get an out in the third inning as the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Monday....
View ArticleFantasy Baseball Preview: Starting Pitcher
By Tony Meale In our Fantasy Baseball Preview, CBS Local Sports breaks down the top players at each position for your fantasy baseball draft. 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP | C | RP | Sleepers/Busts...
View ArticleGiants Take Series, But Dodgers Avoid Sweep With 2-1 Win Over SF
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hyun-Jin Ryu stretched his road scoreless streak to 26 innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Thursday to avoid a sweep. Ryu (3-1) struck out three...
View ArticleDaily Madden: Hats Off To Clayton Kershaw; No-Hitter Even Giants Fan Should...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — In a near perfect game, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw threw a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies in a 8-0 win Wednesday night. “I’ve always respected him,” John Madden told...
View Article5 Things You Need To Know About The 2014 MLB All-Star Game
Follow all the news from the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. The 2014 MLB All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN, is upon us. So let’s look at the five most interesting things about the 85th edition...
View ArticleTop 5 Starting Rotations If The Playoffs Started Today
By Jordan Tracy The trade deadline has come and gone. All that is left is possibly waiver wire trades that could include someone like Cliff Lee being dealt but major moves have been made before the...
View Article5 Faces Of Major League Baseball
by Jake Brown (@JBSportsRadio) The Derek Jeter farewell tour is less than two months from coming to an end. Many people considered Jeter the face of Major League Baseball. Every stadium he goes to, he...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: High Payrolls Reign Supreme In National League Playoffs
By Sam McPherson In the American League playoffs, the wild-card matchup was between teams with low payrolls — obviously one of them had to advance. But in the National League wild-card game, the team...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Four LDS Matchups In Full Swing For Weekend Action
By Sam McPherson This is the busiest weekend of Major League Baseball playoff action, and all four League Division Series will be sorted out — mostly — over the weekend’s games to be played. If NCAA...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Nationals One Loss Away From Another Playoff Disappoinment
By Sam McPherson Sometimes, you have to wonder why Major League Baseball even bothers with a 162-game season if the results mean so little come October. The grind of a long season can come to an abrupt...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Kershaw And Dodgers Can’t Get Past Cardinals Yet Again
By Sam McPherson The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, again, in the postseason, eliminating them in four games with a comeback win over Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday. Kershaw posted a...
View ArticleClayton Kershaw’s Hollywood Ending Should Bother Everyone
By Jason Keidel » More Columns We’ve all heard the pitching platitudes, comparisons, and king-making adjectives that put Clayton Kershaw in a very rare orbit, an air so rare that only the distinguished...
View ArticleBumgarner, Kershaw Set For MVP Matchup In Giants-Dodgers Game
This is the first time in Major League Baseball history the reigning regular-season MVP will oppose the World Series MVP as starters.
View ArticleBumgarner Homers, Outpitches Kershaw; Giants Sweep Dodgers Again
Los Angeles has lost all six games at AT&T Park this season, getting shut out the last three games in a row
View ArticleKershaw Bests Cueto In Pitching Duel, Wins 7th Straight By Beating Giants
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Clayton Kershaw struck out 13 in eight innings, Justin Turner hit a go-ahead homer in the top of the ninth and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on...
View ArticleThe 2016 Edition Of The Fantasy Baseball All-Star Team Is Here
By Sam McPherson On Tuesday evening in San Diego, the best of the best in Major League Baseball will gather for the sport’s annual Midsummer Classic: The All-Star Game. This traditional exhibition game...
View ArticleFive Things: Cubs and Dodgers Tied, Indians Dominant
By Andrew Kahn The Cubs and Dodgers split the opening games of the NLCS at Wrigley Field, two games that remained tense into the late innings. The Cubs are three wins away from their first World Series...
View ArticleGiants Finally Reach Double-Digit Wins, Beat LA 4-3
LOS ANGELES (AP/KPIX 5) — Johnny Cueto outpitched Clayton Kershaw, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory Monday night that snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ four-game winning streak. The...
View ArticleDodgers Avoid Sweep, End Giants Winning Streak
SAN FRANCISCO (AP/CBS SF) — Eventually, Johnny Cueto and Yasmani Grandal spoke civilly and worked out their differences as grown men: They each apologized before tension escalated. Cueto thought...
View ArticleClayton Kershaw, MLB’s Best Pitcher, Should Not Win NL MVP
By Jason Keidel From the desk of Captain Obvious… Clayton Kershaw is good. Really good. How good? It’s rare to dismiss the rest of a sport in the wake of a single player’s dominance or eminence, but...
View ArticleFive Things You Missed: Kershaw Dominates, Many World Series Records Smashed
Ryan Mayer The long journey that is the Major League Baseball season has landed us with a Fall Classic that features teams with two of the best records in baseball. It seemed sure to provide some...
View ArticleBaseball Report: Clayton Kershaw Returns For Dodgers
By Norm Elrod (CBS Los Angeles/CBS Local) — As the 2019 MLB season continues, the expectation is that teams and players will settle into their predicted roles. That has and hasn’t happened. A quick...
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