From Last Night:

• Zach Greinke breaks his collarbone after a Carlos Quentin charges the mound after being hit by a pitch
• The Giants come back from being down 5-0 to beat the Cubs at Wrigley 7-6
• Felix gives up 10 hits enroute to a loss against the Rangers

What I’m Watching Today:

• Jon Niese and the Mets meet old division foe Vance Worley at Target Field (8p Eastern)
• The Blue Jays face the Royals in a battle of AL makeovers (8p Eastern)
• Clayton Kershaw takes the hill for appointment viewing against the Dbacks (940p Eastern)
• Yu Darvish faces the struggling Mariners (10p Eastern)

The Big Question:

• Is Clayton Kershaw making a bid to unseat Verlander as baseball’s best starter?

Thursday brought us an abbreviated MLB schedule with just eight games (one of which was rained out) and resulted in MLB Network filling unaccounted for air time with a rerun of Intentional Talk hosted by Chris Rose and Kevin Millar. This leads me to my only idle musing for the day: how good does a network have to be for IT to be its worst program? That’s insane. It’s a solid show, but it’s their worst show. MLB Now, MLB Tonight, Quick Pitch, Clubhouse Confidential, The Rundown, etc are all the best in their class as far as sports programming goes. It’s no wonder they win so many Emmys.

I haven’t heard the timeline on the Greinke injury, but it’s a blow to the Dodgers who were counting on him to pitch at ace levels this season. It will probably only cost them a couple games in the standings in total due to the time he misses, but I would be concerned about how the injury might affect his delivery when he returns give its location. We should know more later today that will help clear up those questions.

Finally, 42 opens today nationwide. I’m looking forward to seeing Jackie Robinson immortalized further on the silver screen and am excited for young and casual fans to get a glimpse into one of the great baseball players of all time, who just happens to double as one of the most pivotal figures of the 20th century. But no pressure on the actors. I plan to review the film sometime in the next week or two.