Kershaw pulled after 7 perfect innings and 80 pitches

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Originally Posted by ArrowHeader

They pulled him early because of the short spring training with the lockout, and the fact he missed the last two months of the regular season with a bad arm. Nobody is going deep into games for a little while until teams feel comfortable. Sucks, but I get it.

This, I'm kind of surprised to see the negative comments about this (although not surprised). Its the 4th or 5th game of a long season in which all pitchers are behind on their usual progression.

Seems people would rather keep things like their papi taught them in the good ole days and have him finish the game with 110 pitches and then be out for the playoffs with another arm injury.