In my book, a beautiful 12:6 curveball only trails a crispy executed back door pass (preferably done by two unathletic white guys) as the most aesthetically pleasing sports plays.
There's one curveball that has the Grapefruit league abuzz this week and that's 19-year-old Clayton Kershaw of the Dodger Blue.
Joe Torre gave him a shot on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox and as you can tell from the video above, he's quite nasty. Kershaw dispatched Mike Lowell, J.D. Drew and Sean Casey with just 10 pitches and compliments this huge curve with a 97-mph fastball.
As a result, there's talk of him actually making the Dodgers roster as the fifth starter. Torre wasn't even considering that option before Sunday, but now he's joined the Spring Training camp for good. He even went so far as to compare him to a pretty good pitcher from the franchises history.
"There was a left-handed pitcher in this organization with only a fastball and curve and he was pretty good," said Torre. "But I don't want to put that kind of pressure on him. He's not too far away from the changeup. He's got it; it's a matter of locating it."More importantly, what does Vin Scully think of this young arm? The commentary above should speak for itself.
Kershaw promoted to big league camp [Dodgers.com]
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