The Official Site of The Los Angeles Dodgers: News: Kershaw to start Sunday for LA

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It's Official! Kershaw to Start Sunday!
Published 5/24/2008 by Orel (noreply@blogger.com) at Sons of Steve Garvey
From "Kershaw to start Sunday for LA" by Ken Gurnick at Dodgers.com: The Dodgers' youth movement hit another milestone Saturday when 20-year-old left-hander Clayton Kershaw was promoted to the Major Leagues from Double-A Jacksonville. Kershaw is expected to make his debut in a Sunday start against the St. Louis Cardinals. To make room for Kershaw on the 40-man Major League roster, the Dodgers activated Esteban Loaiza from the disabled list and designated him for assignment. To make room for Kershaw on the 25-man active roster, ...

The Dodgers Call Up Clayton Kershaw (and DFA Esteban Loaiza)
Published 5/25/2008 by SportsHubLA at SportsHubLA
[image] When Clayton Kershaw makes his Major League debut Sunday afternoon against the Cardinals, not only do fans get a look at the organization’s #1 pick in the 2006 draft, the club’s prize lefthanded fireballer, and owner of this now famous curveball , but they are relieved from the prospect of having to watch one of Ned Colletti’s least popular pickups, the cranky and decidedly unsuccessful righthander Esteban Loaiza , who was designated for assignment.  Fair to say everyone’s a winner.  In Kershaw, the Dodgers have a pitcher with electric stuff and virtually no professional seasoning.   201 innings while drawing a paycheck, including a grand total of 67 above Rookie ...

It’s Like Christmas In May…
Published 5/25/2008 by MJP at Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
As has been reported pretty much everywhere, megaprospect Clayton Kershaw’s making his debut today at Dodger Stadium against the Cardinals. First things first: if you’re anywhere near Los Angeles right now, stop reading this immediately, get off the Internet, and go find some tickets to this game. Not to add to the hype unnecessarily, but I can’t even remember the last time ...

On Deck: The Clayton Rules
Published 5/25/2008 by Mullet at FanHouse
Filed under: Boston, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orioles, Red Sox, Rays, Athletics, Cardinals, Dodgers, MLB Video, St. Louis, Tampa Bay On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups. St. Louis Cardinals (30-21) at Los Angeles Dodgers (25-23) - 4:10 PM ET Yeah, so I gave this matchup top billing for the second day in a row, which exposes a severe lack of imagination on my part. For that, I apologize. But really, you should watch this game if you want to check out Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw making his major league debut. ...