[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by Mrvintage

I believe with the way baseball has changed that the day of 300 game winners is over. Kershaw has been the most dominant pitcher in baseball for a 5-6 year stretch and counting. Is he going to win 511 games or throw 25-30 complete games a year?? Of course not but neither is anyone else. In my opinion if Kershaw retired at the end of this season he would be a HOFer. His stretch of greatness has been just as impressive as Koufax in my opinion and nobody questions him being a HOFer.

I'm not quite sure why everyone gushes SO much over him. He's pitched for GOOD teams, he faces a pitcher 50-60 PA's a year, National League, and how about his playoff numbers:

W L W-L% ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO
1 5 .167 5.12 11 8 51.0 45 32 29 6 18 58

It's like that band that is phenomenal at making albums (The Doors, Zeppelin as a couple examples)

You see them live Morrison was drunk and Zeppelin hardly ever played that great of a show.

Studio albums (Kershaw regular season awesome with his favorable variables)

Live (playoffs not so much)