Letters to Sports: Readers split on Clayton Kershaw’s not-so-perfect exit

It’s 9:05 p.m. Two and two to Harvey Kuenn. Koufax spits out sunflower seeds as he rests within the dugout.

In a yr that has been so unbelievable, the fully affordable has occurred. Kirk Gibson sat out Recreation 1 as a result of his metrics on a foul leg are subpar.

When you have a sombrero, toss it over to Fernando as he watches this ninth inning from the bench.

Ah, sure. The good Dodgers recollections we might have had if the present regime have been in cost again then.

John Thompson
Downey

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Are at this time’s pitchers as fragile as they’re portrayed to be? Clayton Kershaw being pulled out of a sport after pitching seven good innings and solely throwing 80 pitches is extraordinarily disappointing and irritating.

I perceive the rationalization for this transfer is to keep away from future harm and defend gamers to have the ability to compete for all the season. However what concerning the followers? With the excessive prices to attend video games in individual, don’t followers need to see performances on the highest degree? Pulling a pitcher out of a sport that’s solely six outs shy of an ideal sport denies the followers a possibility to witness a feat which hardly ever happens. This new-age considering regarding the dealing with of pitching staffs leaves so much to be desired.

Kent M. Paul
Costa Mesa

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Clayton Kershaw has achieved nearly each potential honor in his stellar profession, however Dave Roberts has simply robbed him of essentially the most elusive … an ideal sport. Simply 23 good video games have been thrown in MLB historical past. That’s 218,400 video games over 150 years. Kershaw is on the finish of his profession. Why deprive him of essentially the most treasured of all pitchers’ goals? Unhealthy transfer, Dave.

Marty Zweben
Palos Verdes Estates

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Invoice Plaschke mentioned it greatest about Clayton Kershaw being pulled after seven innings: ”He performed for the title on the entrance of his jersey, not the title on the again.” Excellent.

Paul Wozniak
Torrance

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It’s factor the Lewis and Clark Expedition was not led by Dave Roberts and Clayton Kershaw. If it was, the journey from simply outdoors St. Louis to Astoria, Ore., would have ended someplace in Idaho or Montana, with Roberts and Kershaw deciding to finish the journey as a result of that they had seen sufficient of the brand new land and making an attempt to ending the expedition actually wasn’t that vital or historic.

Erik Schuman
Fountain Valley

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All of these expressing outrage at Dave Roberts’ determination to take away Clayton Kershaw in frigid Minneapolis are fascinated with one sport. Dave Roberts is considering 162. The powerful name was clearly in the very best curiosity of his crew and his future Corridor of Fame hurler. That’s his job.

Bud Chapman
Northridge

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There will be no better irony than to find that in celebrating Jackie Robinson’s legacy of inclusivity, the Dodgers sport can solely be seen on Apple TV, to which the overwhelming majority of us haven’t any entry.

Invoice Waxman
Simi Valley

Lamentable Lakers

Rob Pelinka, did you study nothing from the Karl Malone-Gary Payton fiasco? Bringing in previous gamers by no means recognized for taking part in protection, pair them with previous gamers extra susceptible to harm and that is precisely what you get: no playoffs, no draft picks and no room beneath the wage cap.

This can set the crew again for years. Now Frank Vogel is the scapegoat and received fired, however Rob you’re the explanation for this debacle, not Frank.

Doug Nelson
Fullerton

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Though the firing of Frank Vogel by the Lakers’ administration misfits was anticipated, it’s nonetheless disgusting. To make this the primary gesture of overhauling the sorry franchise as a substitute of addressing the core downside of a clumsy entrance workplace signifies the precedence of finger-pointing over decision. Jeanie Buss, because the individual in cost, bears final duty, however sadly we all know she’s not going wherever. What an important instance of the significantly destructive penalties of using pals to senior administration positions fairly than sensible, efficient managers.

Jim Stryker
Laguna Hills

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Poor Frank Vogel, what a disastrous season. The entrance workplace thinks it’s higher to unload the “glue guys” of Alex Caruso, Kyle Kuzma, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope for what? Russell Westbrook, whose sport is solely not suited to successful a championship. Can’t shoot, turnover machine, spotty matador protection, the checklist goes on and on. Was Pelinka strong-armed to make this transfer? That’s the query all Lakers followers must know now. How can a GM who basically made all the precise strikes earlier than this season blow it that dangerous?

Jeff Butler
Coto de Caza

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If the Lakers possession actually understood what they have been doing, they might have proven Rob Pelinka the door, not Frank Vogel. It was Pelinka, after all, who put the items of this non-“crew” collectively. Vogel did wonders with what he needed to work with.

John Taussig
Newport Seaside

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Relating to basketball, the title LeBron James pops up with superb regularity. Not ‘the Lakers received this or misplaced that,’ however ‘LeBron did this or did that,’ after which there’s the remainder of the ballplaying divas assembled beneath the Lakers banner. Did anyone actually suppose these individuals would operate as a crew? Not likely, however then once more, their names have been sufficient of a drawing energy to promote tickets to all these video games and that’s the secret.

Lutz Moeckel
Backyard Grove

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After watching the Lakers these final two video games it’s abundantly clear that they’ve the expertise to win. Really, they’ve an excessive amount of expertise. They should eliminate LeBron James. They’ve proven they will win with out his antics and ego, and so they lose when he performs. Perhaps they will get one of many first-round picks they gave away when he demanded they achieve this.

Flora Perry
Los Angeles

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Potential Lakers coach candidates contemplating whether or not to purchase or hire a house in L.A. should concentrate on a key consideration: With uncommon exceptions (Del Harris, Luke Walton), Lakers coaches who fail to win a championship over two consecutive seasons are usually not employed by the start of a 3rd season.

Rob Fleishman
Placentia

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I’ve been a Lakers fan since Jerry West performed. I’ve gotten to take pleasure in so many nice groups and gamers: Kareem, Magic, Huge Recreation James, Shaq, Kobe, Pau, and now LeBron. However currently it has been actually onerous to like this crew. Personnel choices that have been extremely questionable. Clueless administration, the very best examples being the cancelation of Jerry West’s “lifetime” season tickets and the current dealing with of Frank Vogel’s firing (the previous achieved by way of textual content message, and the latter first discovered about on Twitter).

Now I understand how all these lifelong Dodgers followers felt throughout the McCourt years and the cable TV blackout.

Stephen Greenberg
Santa Monica

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I imagine the very best thought to repair the Lakers is to commerce LeBron to a crew that wants him. In alternate, we get a number of younger gamers to construct a crew round Anthony Davis. Throw in Westbrook for some younger, future stars as nicely.

Is that this plan? I’ve completely no thought. Why? As a result of I’m not remotely certified to construct the roster of a professional basketball crew, a trait I share with Rob Pelinka.

Doug Dunlap
Valencia

Not automated

I’ve been an L.A. Instances subscriber for over 50 years. Because the Lengthy Seaside Grand Prix has grown right into a celebrated world-class occasion, I’ve watched The Instances’ protection of the occasion shrink from articles within the Sports activities part on daily basis of race week and a Instances particular version midweek to sparse, uninformed, hard-to-find protection on Sunday and Monday solely, with solely a tiny photograph of race winner Josef Newgarden. The highest 25 highschool baseball ballot was a lot larger than the race outcomes. What occurred?

George Johnson
La Crescenta

Parting shot

It will likely be enjoyable to look at the Lakers within the playoffs: D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram, Alex Caruso. … Did I miss any?

David Waldowski
Laguna Woods

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