hat youre in.Its the nature of the game that Harvicks fun meter was at its lowest point seven days

LOS ANGELES -- For the second time in a week, Los Angeles Dodgers staff ace Clayton Kershaw had a throwing session on flat ground, and the intensity of his rehab schedule appears to be increasing.Kershaw, who is out with a lower back injury, threw from about 90 feet Friday, after throwing from about 65 feet Sunday. The Dodgers are now expected to turn around Kershaw quickly and have him throw from flat ground again Saturday.Well see what happens, said manager Dave Roberts, who offered few details about his pitchers recovery timetable.Kershaw has not pitched in a major league game since June 26 at Pittsburgh. He had one simulated start against minor league hitters shortly after the All-Star break, on July 16, but he had a setback that day and was shut down again.Sundays throwing session marked the first time he participated in baseball-related activity, outside of rehab for his lower back injury, since the simulated game.Kershaw has said all along that he intends to pitch again this season, even saying he wants to have an impact on the club down the stretch. Roberts has also been optimistic that Kershaw will pitch again in 2016.Asked if Kershaw will have a throwing session from atop a pitchers mound soon, Roberts said, There might be something on the horizon, but Im not sure what day.If Kershaw throws from a mound next week, it will be at Dodger Stadium. Roberts said Kershaw will not be asked to continue his rehab on the clubs upcoming trip to Philadelphia and Cincinnati that starts Tuesday. 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I think that we all saw the Canucks/Flames line brawl just after puck drop. It was obvious that something was about to happen, even to the referees because the fourth lines were on to start. LOUDON, N.H. -- Kevin Harvick had his 4-year-old son on his lap two hours prior to the race as he listened to instructions from NASCAR in the drivers meeting.Harvick needed the distraction of having his son with him, but he got a little bit more than he bargained for as his son squirmed in his lap. Apparently Harvick was in prime position to suffer the effects of the first accident of the day.He was bouncing around, and Im like, Man, Im going to have to send him out of the drivers meeting to go pee, Harvick said. Hes like, Dad, Ive got to go. Im like, Youre going to have to wait. We dont want to start at the back [for missing the meeting].Harvick, if he had to, probably could have started from the back and won the Sprint Cup race Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He had a fast car to feel, well, good enough to be No. 1. And when it turned out he had to go, he went.On a restart with six laps remaining, Harvick got by race leader Matt Kenseth and cruised to the victory, vaulting him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup quarterfinal round instead of sitting 11th in the points and on the bubble to be among the 12 cars to make it following next weeks race at Dover.Call it a win by distraction.Harvick had already put last weeks race at Chicago behind him, a race in which he started in the rear because of unapproved adjustments prior to the race and then got caught a lap down when the caution came out while he was on pit road. He never got the lap back and finished 20th.But that wasnt his only distraction to overcome. What Harvick appeared to have more trouble getting over was NASCARs decision Wednesday to not penalize two of his Chase competitors, Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, for failing postrace measurements after Chicagoland. NASCAR determined the 10-point penalties would not have been equitable because Truex had won the race, advancing him to the next round, so NASCAR opted to penalize no one and wipe out its two lowest-tier out-of-tolerance ranges of the rulebook for the rest of the season.I was just absolutely irate all week about everything that went on, Harvick said, not specifying anything that caused the anger. But by the time we had got here, I think we had all calmed back down and just tried to focus on racing the cars. ... It really took me until Saturday morning to get over the fact of just not, just wanting to tear somebodys head off because of everything that went on last week and the way that it all worked out because I just didnt 100 percent agree with it.Harvick admitted he wouldnt have been able to do that early in his career.I was having a tough time gathering that one up, he said. I had to put it aside and we had to move on and we had to focus and just worry about what we were going to do, and I think its kind of like we talk about the Chase and performing well in situations.I havent been good about this my whole life, but over the past several years I think Ive become a lot better at letting things go. You can hold a lot in and frustrate yourself and youre just not going to perform at the level that you need to perform and communicate with your team and the people around you.Harvick performed all day but needed nearly all the 300 laps to get to the front after qualifying 19th. Kenseth led 105 laps and had a spirited battled with Truex, who leed 141 laps, for parts of the final 100 laps.ddddddddddddThat battle wore out Kenseths tires, and he spun them on the pivotal restart.I felt great about my positioning, felt good about my chances on that last restart, and I just totally didnt get it done, which is disappointing, Kenseth said.Kenseth admitted that NASCAR had gotten in his head a little bit on that final restart after it warned him on an earlier one to make sure he kept proper speed heading into the restart zone.But mainly Kenseth said he just blew it, leaving too early in the restart zone instead of waiting until the end of the box after seeing how Harvick was positioned. Harvick executed when he had to, something the 2014 Sprint Cup champion has pretty much done in the first two elimination-style Chase seasons.He was first the first year and second the second year, so Im thinking hes a pretty big threat [for the title], Kenseth said.Harvick had nothing to lose on that final restart. And the Stewart-Haas Racing driver apparently had a clear head after having the distraction at the drivers meeting at a time when most drivers already have their game face well in position.Its better for me to not think about racing honestly, because we think about it ... all week, and we have meetings and we have things that go on about racing all week, so any time I can get away from it is better for me, Harvick said.So [having Keelan] kind of adds a diversion, and he likes it. He likes to be in the drivers meeting, and he thinks its cool because theres really no other kids in there. He likes clapping for everybody [as dignitaries are introduced].After answering the question, Harvick gave Keelan a fist-bump. They smiled. It was probably a much different reaction after the race a week earlier when Harvick refused to answer reporters questions, taking swigs of water as they walked beside him trying to get something about his awful Chicagoland day.I get frustrated and mad because I care, Harvick said. I want to do the best for my team and the people around me. But youre going to go through some highs and youre going to go through some lows, and the lows suck.But thats just kind of the nature of the game that youre in.Its the nature of the game that Harvicks fun meter was at its lowest point seven days earlier and at one of its highest points Sunday night.The last two years weve kind of just worn ourselves out and really stressed out over trying to perform at this level, but we already perform at that level, Harvick said. Weve just got to keep performing at that level.Maybe Harvicks key to performing at that level from behind the wheel is creating distractions for himself. Expect Keelan at most drivers meetings the rest of the year. Or maybe Harvick brings him only after a bad race at a time when he needs to perform in the clutch.A lot of times you can talk yourself into being so amped up that you can talk yourself into making mistakes or doing things wrong, and this team has done a great job, Harvick said.But when you get in these situations, its fun to be able to succeed. Its kind of like an addiction. You just love the rush of being able to be behind and be able to perform and make that happen. ' ' '