{"id":56704,"date":"2025-04-27T13:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=56704"},"modified":"2025-04-27T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T13:35:23","slug":"breaking-how-yoshinobu-yamamoto-took-his-game-to-new-heights-in-year-2-with-the-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=56704","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BREAKING: How Yoshinobu Yamamoto Took His Game to New Heights in Year 2 with the Dodgers!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/634b634\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5808x3871+48+0\/resize\/2000x1333!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2F20%2Fa88b7a9e47f7864f57e09d0c4d54%2F1495311-sp-dodgers-photo-day-wjs010.jpg\" alt=\"Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto photographed in Phoenix, Arizona, in February.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To Clayton Kershaw, it was more than just a pitchers\u2019 duel.<\/p>\n<p>As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last week, Kershaw sat in the dugout, mesmerized by what he could only describe as an exhibition in pitching excellence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c0a1e45\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4788x3192+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2F3a%2Fbf1bdde14c35b1fcae8c294b17a3%2F1503282-sp-mlb-dodgers-pirates-9-gmf.jpg\" alt=\"How Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto 'elevated his game to another level' - Los  Angeles Times\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThose two guys, that\u2019s how it should look when you pitch,\u201d Kershaw said a few days later. \u201cThe fluidness, the effortlessness, the way it comes out of your hand. 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