Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Pulled During Perfect Game, and Fans Lose It
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.@ClaytonKersh22 was brilliant with 7 perfect innings. pic.twitter.com/tPTYm559g0
— MLB (@MLB) April 13, 2022
One person wrote: "Who pulls their ace after 7 perfect innings? The manager should be investigated for tampering … By comparison, Pete Rose never did anything this suspicious."
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If it's a no-hitter, whatever. Yank him. Clayton Kershaw has thrown one.
But there have been more than 220,000 games in MLB history. There have been 23 perfect games.
Everything -- especially a pitch count of 80 -- is lining up to at least let Kershaw try. You cannot pull him.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 13, 2022
Another person wrote: "The youngest baseball fan in the world is like 81 because the game goes out of its way to ruin its own moments. It would've been awesome to watch him try to accomplish. I wasn't watching but tuned in when I found out he was close. Now I'm tuned out again. I can't be the only one."
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Pulling Clayton Kershaw six outs away from a perfect game at 80 pitches should be a crime punishable by up to 90 years in prison. Come on.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 13, 2022
One fan said: "The games dying and it won't be saved. If tv didn't exist most teams would be bankrupt and players would make less than hockey players. Luckily you can run a lot of advertisements during 3 hours+ games but ratings are still declining. When cable dies the MLB goes with it."
prevnextReggie Jackson
Clayton Kershaw Perfect game 80 pitches, take him OUT !!!!! WHAT THE! what’s the game coming to?1 of the era’s best, and you take him out with a perfect game in the 7th, 7-0 Dodgers winning. Take him OUT! THIS IS BASEBALL PLEASE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED GET OUT OF ITS WAY
— Reggie Jackson (@mroctober) April 13, 2022
A Twitter user said: "The blame and criticism still lies with Dave Roberts though – he is the manager and has the final say if/when substitutions should be made. So the real issue is with the managers these days – no kahoonas to go with their gut!"
prevnextJust One Word
Dodgers P Clayton Kershaw has just thrown 7 perfect innings and is being taken out of the game. Wow.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 13, 2022
One fan explained: "This is because most of the starting pitchers did not get as many pitches during spring training as they normally do. Every team has been slowly working their pitchers back into shape. If he had 3 more weeks like normal he'd still be in the game."
prevnextNew School Baseball
Clayton Kershaw getting pulled from this perfect game after just 80 pitches is everything that’s wrong with new school baseball. Real great way to draw new fans in. Dave Roberts should be ashamed
— Tommy Smokes (@TomScibelli) April 13, 2022
One person noted: "Johan Santana finished with 134 pitches Kersh only had 80. 80! Come on man. And that was the least amount of pitches he had thrown in his career, he had all the momentum in the world to get the perfect game."
prevnextDallas Braden
I LOVE Dave Roberts. With that being said if I’m Clayton Kershaw there would be a physical altercation with whom ever it was that was telling me I was done for the day. It’s QUITE LITERALLY THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR THIS MAN TO DO ON A DAMN BASEBALL FIELD!
— Dallas Braden (@DALLASBRADEN209) April 13, 2022
And this fan wrote: "You have to imagine he's going to get one in the playoffs now, the baseball gods have to bring justice to that."
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