Someone forgot to tell the headline writer, I guess.

This list is the worst. You guys are now officially: the worst.

You're actually terrible now.

His last good year was 2010. The last 3.5 years, this no-hitter notwithstanding, he's been one of the ten worst starters in MLB in any given year and maybe in the top 2-3 worst, cumulative, over that timeframe. It's pretty easy to look up. Try fangraphs.

The Padres are bad and should feed bad for being so bad. Still, I kinda like seeing Lincecum do good things, even though I don't like the Giants even a little bit. I miss him as a dominant pitcher who was a threat to do stuff like this every time out.

Me and this friend joke about guys in Pittsburgh she sees wearing West Ham United shirts and getting all worked up. Why? WHY ARE YOU SO WORKED UP ABOUT THIS? The only reason anyone should ever give a shit about West Ham United, ever, is if your dad loved West Ham United and his dad loved West Ham United and his dad…

I don't give a shit about the EPL in the slightest, but I love watching the World Cup. And I love MLS. It's gotta start organically, not through homework.

Good for you, but are you actually saying people need to do work to enjoy a game? I'm not saying you did it wrong; I am categorically saying that telling everyone else they need to enjoy it the same way is wrong.

Same reason people on Facebook post GIFs announcing how many fucks they don't give about football and other people break into any thread about a TV show to loudly announce that they don't even own a TV and don't know why anyone ever would/best decision they ever made, etc. Because people want to feel special and when…

No one needs to "do the work necessary" to appreciate a sport; you either like it or you don't like it and there is usually a strong element of childhood attachment and/or parental association involved in this process. It's why Canadians love curling and the rest of us are mostly just amused by their pants. On the…

If balk meant something completely different than what you want it to mean, yes.

On the other hand, that same lineup had just rolled up 20 runs and 30 hits in three games on the Giants in one of the best pitcher's parks in baseball.

Congratulations.

So you're saying the headlines should have been "Wood Ks 20 16 Years Ago, Kershaw Also Does a Thing"?

Kershaw has some pretty sound mechanics, and last year he was 77th out of 80 among qualified starters in pitches thrown per inning, because his control is so good and he works economically. That doesn't mean he absolutely won't throw out his arm; baseball is brilliant at fucking up your plans. But, statistically…

The title doesn't say "most dominant" anything, yelly guy.

Do you feel better now?

Yes, I forgot to include all the game scores before relief pitchers were invented. On purpose.

Of course. It's not like Hanley's trash. He just frets over his injury-prone rep and wants to play when he's injured to make up for it. Mattingly should absolutely be the guy to tell him no, you'll help the team more by being healthy, and he won't be that guy, and that's why he should not have his job. But it's not…

Mattingly is a bad manager, that's why. I don't think Kershaw cares about the distinction. he did all the job he could do.