Dodgers Push Through Giants With Kershaw's Great Performance

       Clayton Kershaw played against the Giants on Wednesday. The magic number between both of them is 1 as there is 3 more games in the season. One win for the Dodgers would make them NLDS champions. The one win for the Giants will let them be in the wildcard for the postseason. The teams played and the Dodgers got the good outcome. The Dodgers won the game.

       Clayton Kershaw played 8 innings out of nine. He passes his season high at 117 pitches this game. Kershaw had 11 strike outs and only let the Giants get 8 hits and 1 run. He also hit his first career triple of his career that game. This game extended Kershaw's pitching record to 21 wins and 3 losses.

Dodgers Win Making Postseason Birth

       Dodgers win on Tuesday against the Giants give the Dodgers a postseason birth. They are ready to play in the postseason. I believe that they are going to win the Championship this year. Clayton Kershaw is has 20 wins and only 3 losses in the games he started. That is the best starting pitcher record in the league this year. He is also leading the league in ERA this year. The Dodgers are playing great so far this season and is ready to carry on in the postseason. There are only 4 more games until the postseason starts and the Dodgers are ready to beat any team that gets in their way. Look out MLB, the Dodgers are coming with a head of steam.

Dodgers Blowout Win Against Their Rival

       The Dodgers played the Giants on September 13, 2014. The Dodgers ended up winning 17 to 0. It was a shutout win with the pitcher as Zach Greinke. Not only did Zach Greinke do great in pitching by keeping the Giants at 0 points, but he also got a couple hits. He hit a double in the 4th and a home run in the 6th. That was Greinke's 4th home run in his career.

       The rest of the Dodgers did great in hitting also. The Dodgers got a season high of 24 hits in that game. Greinke only let the Giants hit 5 balls and none of them scored a man. This game made the Dodgers 2 games ahead of the Giants at the top of their division. It also gave them a guaranteed first place spot in the NL West. This will bring them into the playoffs.

       This shutout win was the largest shutout win by either team in the history of this series. This was a great all-around game by the Dodgers. The Dodgers had a shutout loss against the Giants just the game before this shutout win. Don Mattingly, the manager and former MLB player said, "That was a little different game, huh?" I believe he is right. The Dodgers only had 3 hits their game before this one. They had 24 hits this game. They had 8 times more hits than their last game. I would say that that is definitely a different game.

       The Dodgers and Giants series are always interesting. The games are usually closer though. It seems like everybody does a little better in these series. These series can have a big impact on the Dodgers since the Giants are in the same division and is right under the Dodgers. These games can either put the nails in the coffin to bring the Dodgers to the playoffs or let the runner up become first in the division.

       These games are always my favorite to watch. It is my favorite because everyone does just a little bit better. It is reaching the end of the season and 2 division teams are fighting for the top. These are one of the most important games of the season for the leaders. Nobody wants to lose these games because it can make your whole season be for nothing.

Los Angeles Sports Fan

       I am not only a basketball fan. I also love baseball. I am a Los Angeles Dodgers fan. My whole family goes for the Dodgers. The Dodgers have been the favorite team for this family for 3 generations. My grandpa was a fan, my dad is a fan, and I am.
       My favorite players on the team are Clayton Kershaw, Yasiel Puig, and Matt Kemp. These are the 3 best players on the team. The whole team is good, but those were the 3 best. Clayton Kershaw is only 25 and is already on of the best pitchers in the game. He won the Cy Young award twice in his career. Yasiel Puig is only in his second season in the MLB and he has already one of the best power hitters to play the game. And lastly, Matt Kemp, he has been on the Dodgers the longest. He is an RBI machine.
       The Dodgers are on the top of the NL West right now and are ready for the playoff witch is not that long from now. I remember hearing Yasiel Puig saying this a couple weeks ago. He said, "If you don't win in September, you don't play in September." Well the Dodgers have been winning. They've been winning this whole season. The team has had a safe 2 to 3 game lead over the second runner-up, the giants, the whole season.
       The Giants are the Dodgers rivals. They are in the same division as the Dodgers, the NL West. They have been World Series Champions 2 out of 4 years. I believe that it is our turn this year though. Even Clayton Kershaw said it in an interview. He said, "It's either win the World Series or bust."
       It is a good time to be a Dodgers fan. I'm always going to be a Dodgers fan. I don't care if they are doing bad or good. They will always be my favorite team. It is always nice when they are doing good though.

Kobe's Experience On The Court And How It Can Help The Young Players On The Lakers

       Kobe has been an NBA player for 19 years. He's been through a lot of things on the court. Now Kobe can be a mentor to the rookies of the Laker team. He will help Julies Randle and Jordan Clarkson, the rookies that the Lakers picked from the NBA draft. Out of all current NBA players in the league, in my opinion, Kobe would definitely be the best person to learn from. Julies Randle and Jordan Clarkson are lucky to play alongside Kobe Bryant for the last years of his career.

Lakers New Coach. Familiar Face?

       The Lakers have a new head coach for the team. His name is Byron Scott. You might find this name very familiar. Byron Scott was a Lakers shooting guard from 1983 to 1993. He was teammates with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabar, and James Worthy. He got 3 championships with the Lakers. 

       Byron Scott began his coaching career in 1998. He coached for the Kings, Nets, Hornets, Cavaliers, and now the Lakers. Byron Scott was the coach of the year in 2008. He was coaching the Hornets at the time. His team did so good because he had the good duo of superstars, Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler. The Laker fans are hoping that he will have a good year with the good player like Kobe Bryant, Jeremy Lin, Steve Nash, Julius Randle, and Carlos Boozer.

Kobe Bryant Comeback Season

       It was Kobe Bryant's birthday last week. This season is going to be his 19th season in the NBA and with the Lakers. He joined the Lakers when he was 17 years old. Since then, he got 5 titles. Last year was his worst season yet, not only were the Lakers unsuccessful at making it to the playoffs, but Kobe only played 6 games. He got a torn achilles at the end of the 2012 season and didn't get to play until the middle of the 2013 season. When he did start to play, he injured himself again with a fractured knee to cause him to sit and watch the game for the rest of the season.

       This 2014 season, the Laker fans are expecting Kobe to play basketball the way he used to. As he is fully healthy and ready to play basketball. He is excited to play with 3 new Laker faces. One of the new Lakers players are Julies Randle, a very skillful Kentucky college player who was picked from the Lakers for the 7th pick in the NBA draft. There are 2 other new faces on the Lakers lineup. Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer. All 3 of these Lakers players are on the Lakers to fill up the big spot of Pau Gasol who left because he was a free agent and wanted to be on a team that can contend for a championship.