I would have posted sooner, but was at the Thunder game tonight....Austin Jackson gave my daughter a ball as he was walking off the field in the 2nd inning.

This from Tony Jackson's blog-and Kershaw is NOT happy:

I was as surprised as you undoubtedly are, but no one was more surprised that Kershaw himself. Joe Torre stressed, both to Clayton and to the media, that the move was more about needing a roster spot for Hiroki Kuroda, who is coming off the DL and starting tonight, than it was about the way Clayton has pitched. But as Clayton himself said, ``Any way you spin it, I'm getting sent down. They can say they didn't have enough room, but they (brought) me up when they didn't have enough room, because all those (pitchers) were healthy then.'' Haven't gotten a definitive explanation yet of why it's Jacksonville and not Las Vegas, but I'm sure it's because they don't want to subject the kid to the psychological perils of pitching in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. ... Still nothing on Furcal, but Torre admitted he now has to take on the mindset that Furcal isn't coming back until he does. At this point, I'm not convinced he is coming back at all, but Torre was a bit more cautious. ``We have half a season (left),'' he said. ``I would like to think that is going to happen.''

He speaks like a veteran, and handles himself like a vet. I must say, I wonder if Torre let him pitch to Wiggy last night, and he got out of the inning, resulting in his first win of the season, if Torre would be making this move?? I think Torre made some prety bad decisions in last night's game, but for some reason he is keeping Falkenbourg and Troncoso in the bigs??

Honestly though, Kershaw probably needs more seasoning in AA. I have watched him pitch on several occasions, and he relies on his fastball too much, and needs to work on his control. It;s just a matter of time, before he gets that taken care of. I just hope Torre didn't eff him up psychologically.