National Baseball Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Reds great Johnny Bench appeared Thursday on "The Dan Patrick Show" to discuss the Los Angeles' Dodgers' controversial decision to remove Clayton Kershaw as he pursued a perfect game in addition to remarks earlier this week from Reds president and COO Phil Castellini.
Bench told Patrick he thought Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made the right call to take Kershaw out of Wednesday's game at Target Field in Minneapolis, having thrown 80 pitches.
"First of all, Dan, it's early in the season. I think we look back at Johan Santana, and that basically ended his career.