Baseball things, human being things and Clayton the Ace

There are baseball things- things that we fans care about and might even have a shred of interest outside the baseball world. The Barry Bonds case is a baseball thing. Why our govenment spends time and energy going after guys like Bonds and Roger Clemens is beyond me. We have trillion dollar deficits, are involved in three overseas wars we have open borders to the South letting all,and everyone in and all these jackasses can do is go after baseball players. While my previous statement is a deliberate over-simplification, you get my point. Bonds and Clemens are baseball stories, while there are some Shakesperian-type human lessons that can be learned from this. Nobody really cares, except those in baseball. The Bryan Stow thing is a human-being issue. A guy hitting a ballgame, even in an arch-rival ballpark, does not deserve to get beaten into a coma. Yes, the issue is security at Dodger Stadium, but the real issues are, first, why should anyone have to not feel safe going to a ballgame or any sporting event or even walking around the block? It's one thing if he's looking for a fight, it's one thing to be staring down the animals that did this to him, and even then, a fight is one thing, beating someone to death is completely another. That is not to say Stow provoked those guys in any sort of way. Second is we need to ask how we're raising our kids, or if we are at all, and what kind of relationships are we in? Is this something to be proud of if you are their parents and family members? Or do they even know or care? And how about the driver of the getaway vehicle. One of these animals was your boyfriend or husband. You chose THAT? You had a kid with THAT? Poor kid. He must've really drawn a lucky card in heaven to be fathered by one of those animals. Good job by Giants and Dodger players to show their solidarity before yesterday's game. I will personally give the benefit of a doubt to the photo-op a few days back where Mayor Villarigosa, McCourt and Charlie Beck resolved to fix the security situation. I just hope it doesn't turn into a TSA situation where they're strip-searching garndma and four year olds while waving obvious thugs by. Society is more concerned with protecting psycopaths and sociopaths than it is normal law-abiding people. Hopefully this does not apply here. (Oh yeah, baseball!) You have to love Clayton Kershaw. He is looking every bit the ace. Granted the Giants are not the Red Sox or Yankees offensively, but he has looked dominant, every bit the ace so far. he is eagueaveraging 11 K's per nine innings, while it is only sixth(?) in the league, it is awesome. What's best is his walks are down to 1.8 per 9 IP, which is phenomanal. His biggest opportunity so far in his young career was his ability to keep his walks down, and he has done it so far this year. The biggest thing here is that the Dodger lineup, even on a good night is hardly awe-inspiring. They will put up some runs here and there, but the key to the postseason is the pitching. Kershaw is looking every bit the stopper thus far, and hopefully the other starters will keep up.