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Clayton Kershaw will destroy Albert Pujols at wiffle ball

By Josh Sippie

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Clayton Kershaw and Albert Pujols have teamed up to launch a joint charity effort in celebration of Pujol’s foundation hitting it’s 10th birthday. Pujol’s foundation helps families that are effected by down syndrome and it already has a firm standing in St. Louis, but has garnered support from all over the nation.

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The story from the LA Times reads that the executives at Pujol’s foundation noticed Kershaw’s challenge to benefit a pediatric orthopedic hospital in the Domincan and proposed a joint venture for the two LA-based athletes and their foundations.

The agreed upon activity is wiffle ball, as the two will square off with two lucky donors in an event for the ages. To become a donor and enter for a chance to win, you can visit here. And while we are at it, here is a teaser trailer for the event:

This is a truly wonderful event and the two top-quality athletes deserve tremendous commendation for their extensive work with their charities.

The question now becomes who would win in a wiffle ball extravaganza between the Dodgers’ ace and the Angels’ slugger. Unfortunately for Pujols, the answer is most certainly a win for Kershaw.

Remember those Youtube videos about great wiffle ball hitters? Yeah, me neither. That is because there are not any. Wiffle ball is all about the wild, crazy pitches that can be accomplished from those pesky holes in the ball that allow the wind to work some bizarre and unfair magic.

Now, remember those wiffle ball videos about crazy pitches? Take a look:

Good luck, Albert, you are going to need it.

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Clayton Kershaw has an absolutely nasty 12-6 curveball that has often been called the nastiest curveball in baseball. Starting at the hitters eye-level, it drops off completely and has the spin to fall to mid-shin level. What makes it even more devastating is the fact that it is such a vast speed change from his high-90s fastball.

The thing about wiffle ball pitching is that speed changes are not needed nor are they recommended. While that would seem to play in Albert Pujols favor, it doesn’t. Imagine a straight, four-seam Clayton Kershaw fastball. Now imagine his curveball going just as fast and with twice the drop-off.

Pujols is a superb hitter, one of the best the sport has ever seen, but hitting a baseball and hitting a wiffle ball that is winding through the air thrown by Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw is another story. No one can do that. Not even Pujols.

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