Kershaw promoted to big league camp

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The Week In Quotes: March 2-9 by Alex Carnevale
Published 3/10/2008 at Baseball Prospectus
... . (Ken Gurnick, MLB.com ) POOR SPINE ANGLE, GREAT FUTURE "You always hesitate to use the word 'great' too freely, so I'll just say Alex is going to be a good major league player early, and I think he has a chance to be a great player late." -- ...

MLB: Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw promoted to big league camp
Published 3/10/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw promoted to big league camp "Do I look like I’m negotiating?” Dodgers manager Joe Torre caught himself in mid-sentence, realizing that comparing Clayton Kershaw to Sandy Koufax is exactly what he didn’t want to do. But Torre couldn’t help himself. When a phenom arrives, these things happen. Kershaw is playing the part. He mowed through Major League hitters Mike Lowell, J.D. Drew and Sean Casey in a perfect 10-pitch inning on Sunday, after which Torre acknowledged that the teenager (he turns 20 on March 19) had been promoted from Minor League ...

Kershaw
Published 3/10/2008 by Rob at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
I saw Kershaw in today's game, and all I can say is wow. He walked onto the mound like a 20-year veteran, threw strikes, was economical with his pitches, and made the batters look silly with a 97-MPH heater. Apparently, he could win the fifth starter job, and I can attest that if he can keep that kind of performance going, he'll instantly make the Dodgers a much more interesting team.