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Kershaw is the great X factor

By Buster Olney

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The first inning that Clayton Kershaw threw in the major leagues lasted 32 pitches. He was 20 years old at the time, working too quickly, and learning an important lesson right away: If you throw the ball down the middle of the plate in the major leagues, you're not necessarily going to beat the hitters the way you would in the minors. No, major league hitters will usually foul off a pitch down the middle, or drive it, and in that first inning, Albert Pujols mashed a double against Kershaw, dri ...

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