compliment

Pitching coach Mark Prior said Wednesday that Kershaw “turned a page” in the last 10 days, complimenting his performance in Oklahoma City, noting the awkward swings the lefty forced on his offspeed offerings.

Becker recalls one announcer approaching him and saying, “Hey, no one knew about you guys. You put your university on the map,” a compliment that left him feeling proud.

This isn’t the kind of puzzle thriller in which all the elements click into place with a thudding literalism that compliments an attentive eye.

In case creator Taylor Sheridan and/or star Harrison Ford feel the need to clutch their neckerchiefs and bandoliers, be assured that I mean this as the highest compliment.

For people to be sitting around and thinking about it and talking about it and wondering what they would do, that’s just such a great compliment.