Kershaw or Wainwright?

[Bootstraps9]

I don't believe there was a single post stating Wainwright is better than Kershaw...

 

[Super Mario]

I don't believe there was a single post stating Wainwright is better than Kershaw...

There wasn't. And in this situation, where it's neck and neck, there's no way that Matheny can't not go with his guy. Imagine what could happen if Matheny picks Kershaw over Wainwright. It's things like that, that can be the groundwork of dissension in the clubhouse, and could be unrecoverable in the long term. If Kershaw was light years ahead of Wainwright, then he should have picked Clayton. But if it's anywhere near close, he has to go with Wainwright. Mattingly, and any other manager would have done the same thing.


Here's my post from FaceBook that I made just a few minutes ago. I work midnights and am just now getting around to finishing the game.


" Just watched the All Star Game.

For all the **** I've seen people giving Adam Wainwright and Pat Neshek, here's my thing. Yes, neither one of them pitched the greatest. But what about Yasiel Puig taking a horrible path to Trout's hit off the wall? 90% of big league center fielders don't turn right in that situation. They turn left and make the catch up against the wall. And Neshek's bad inning could have been avoided if the umpire called that foul ball a foul ball.

I'm sad for Wainwright and Neshek, but I'm not making excuses. Just pointing out the obvious misjudge by Puig and the bad non-foul call.

But ultimately both of them should have pitched better. Plain and simple.

And I have no problem with Waino grooving one to Jeter. I honestly expected it. Wouldn't have had it any other way."

 

[Bootstraps9]

The ground ball was definitely fair... It landed maybe an inch foul after the bag. No way it didn't cross over the front corner of the bag at least IMO as well as the opinion of the announceds