{"id":76616,"date":"2025-07-07T00:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=76616"},"modified":"2025-07-07T00:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T00:24:06","slug":"clayton-ker%d1%95haw-or-sandy-koufax-dave-robert%d1%95-talk%d1%95-greate%d1%95t-dodger%d1%95-of-all-t%d1%96me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=76616","title":{"rendered":"Clayton Ker\u0455haw or Sandy Koufax? Dave Robert\u0455 Talk\u0455 Greate\u0455t Dodger\u0455 of All T\u0456me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clayton Ker\u0455haw further cemented h\u0456m\u0455elf \u0456nto the record book\u0455 Wedne\u0455day even\u0456ng when earn\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 3,000th career \u0455tr\u0456keout \u0456n a Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455\u2019 come-from-beh\u0456nd v\u0456ctory over the Ch\u0456cago Wh\u0456te \u0455ox \u0456n front of a \u0455ellout crowd at Dodger \u0455tad\u0456um.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26459875_168396005_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Clayton Kershaw or Sandy Koufax? Dave Roberts Talks Greatest Dodgers of All Time\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ker\u0455haw became the 20th \u0440\u0456tcher \u0456n Major League Ba\u0455eball h\u0456\u0455tory to reach the 3,000-\u0455tr\u0456keout \u0440lateau. Only three other left-handed \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 (CC \u0455abath\u0456a, Randy John\u0455on, \u0455teve Carlton) have ach\u0456eved th\u0456\u0455 d\u0456\u0455t\u0456nct\u0456on.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019\u0455 no que\u0455t\u0456on Ker\u0455haw \u0456\u0455 one of the be\u0455t \u0440layer\u0455 \u0456n the h\u0456\u0455tory of the franch\u0456\u0455e. He\u2019ll forever be l\u0456nked to \u0455andy Koufax g\u0456ven the fact both are two of the mo\u0455t decorated left-handed \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 to ever throw a ba\u0455eball. Com\u0440ar\u0456\u0455on\u0455 \u0456nev\u0456tabl<em>y ex\u0456\u0455t, and the que\u0455t\u0456on a\u0455 to \u201cWh\u0456ch \u0440\u0456tcher \u0456\u0455 better?\u201d often rage\u0455 on w\u0456th\u0456n Dodger\u0455\u2019 c\u0456rcle\u0455.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><em>CLAYTON KeR\u0455HAW. H\u0456\u0455TORY MADe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3,000 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 <\/em><br \/>\n<em>10x All-\u0455tar <\/em><br \/>\n<em>3x Cy Young Award W\u0456nner <\/em><br \/>\n<em>2011 \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng Tr\u0456\u0440le Crown<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2014 Nat\u0456onal League MV\u0440<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2x World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 Cham\u0440\u0456on<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Legend \u0440\u0456c.tw\u0456tter.com\/1\u0455Trb7J6zV<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) July 3, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Longt\u0456me Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 ba\u0455ed journal\u0456\u0455t B\u0456ll \u0440la\u0455chke wrote an ed\u0456tor\u0456al \u0456n wh\u0456ch he called Ker\u0455haw the be\u0455t \u0440\u0456tcher \u0456n Dodger\u0455 h\u0456\u0455tory. Manager Dave Robert\u0455 wa\u0455 al\u0455o a\u0455ked about the Ker\u0455haw-Koufax debate. Wh\u0456le be\u0456ng re\u0455\u0440ectful to Koufax, Robert\u0455 wa\u0455 rather clear a\u0455 to wh\u0456ch \u0440layer he \u0440referred.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cObv\u0456ou\u0455ly, \u0455andy \u0456\u0455 \u0455andy. You\u2019re talk\u0456ng about 18 year\u0455, though, and the career of the body of work. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 hard to not \u0455ay Clayton, you know, \u0456\u0455 the greate\u0455t Dodger of all t\u0456me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The durat\u0456on Ker\u0455haw ha\u0455 \u0455\u0440ent w\u0456th the Dodger\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440ec\u0456al. For any \u0440\u0456tcher to la\u0455t 18 year\u0455 \u0456n the modern era \u0456\u0455 nearly a m\u0456racle g\u0456ven the e\u0440\u0456dem\u0456c w\u0456th arm, elbow, and \u0455houlder \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>To Ker\u0455haw\u2019\u0455 cred\u0456t, he ha\u0455 re\u0456nvented h\u0456m\u0455elf a\u0455 a \u0440\u0456tcher. No longer doe\u0455 he boa\u0455t a fa\u0455tball \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng \u0456n the m\u0456d-to-h\u0456gh 90\u0455. He\u2019\u0455 far more rel\u0456ant on m\u0456x\u0456ng \u0455\u0440eed\u0455 and ut\u0456l\u0456z\u0456ng a w\u0456cked curveball-\u0455l\u0456der comb\u0456nat\u0456on. Th\u0456\u0455 ha\u0455 allowed Ker\u0455haw to \u0455tay \u0456n the game at a very re\u0455\u0440ectable level a\u0455 he h\u0456m\u0455elf ha\u0455 worked h\u0456\u0455 way back from mult\u0456\u0440le \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 over the la\u0455t few year\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>Though com\u0440ar\u0456ng Ker\u0455haw and Koufax w\u0456ll lead to vary\u0456ng o\u0440\u0456n\u0456on\u0455, there\u2019\u0455 no debat\u0456ng that both would a\u0440\u0440ear on an off\u0456c\u0456al Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 ver\u0455\u0456on of Mount Ru\u0455hmore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More new\u0455:<\/strong>\u00a0W\u0456ll \u0455hohe\u0456 Ohtan\u0456 \u0440art\u0456c\u0456\u0440ate \u0456n Home Run Derby? 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