Clayton Kershaw bent over and placed his hands on his knees, the frustration of a disaster relief appearance engulfing the future Hall of Famer. Kyle Schwarber’s two-run homer had just turned Wednesday’s NLDS Game 3 into a laugher for the Phillies, with Kershaw letting a two-run deficit suddenly become a five-run edge in one of the roughest outings of the …
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Clayton Kershaw, who made his final regular season start on Sunday, will not be making an appearance for the Dodgers in the Wild Card round. Kershaw made what could, in theory, be his final professional appearance on Sunday, earning a fitting final win in a masterful four-hit, zero earned run, seven-strikeout performance over the course of 5.1 innings. Because he …
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PHOENIX — If the Dodgers are going to win 13 games in October, they will likely have to master the playbook they ran Wednesday night. Starting pitchers came out of the bullpen. Another late-inning collapse didn’t cripple their psyche. The offense delivered timely hits when it needed to. And the team grinded out a 5-4 extra-innings win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The …
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If the Dodgers are going to win 13 games in October, they will likely have to master the playbook they ran Wednesday night. Starting pitchers came out of the bullpen. Another late-inning collapse didn’t cripple their psyche. The offense delivered timely hits when it needed to. And the team grinded out a 5-4 extra-innings win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Advertisement …
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani sent an earnest message to starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw following his final regular season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Kershaw announced he would close the curtain on his career after the 2025 season on Thursday, ending a remarkable 18 seasons in MLB. “Congratulations on an amazing, storybook, Hall of Fame career,” the …
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LOS ANGELES — At 3:28 p.m., Clayton Kershaw walked through the Los Angeles Dodgers’ clubhouse. Wearing a hooded sweatshirt and sneakers, the man who for a generation personified a franchise and carried the hopes of a city, went about his work one more time. Friday marked the last time he will ever start a regular-season game at Dodger Stadium, but …
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Clayton Kershaw blew a kiss to his family, pounded a fist in his glove, then made the familiar trot from the Dodgers’ dugout to the Chavez Ravine mound. This time, however, he did it alone. In what was his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium, coming one day after he announced that he would retire at the end of this …
Read More »Clayton Kershaw got a farewell worthy of his 18 years at Dodger Stadium on Friday. One day after announcing his plans to retire following the 2025 season, the three-time Cy Young Award winner made his final regular-season start at the only professional home he’s ever known. Facing his longtime foe the San Francisco Giants, he was pulled after a strikeout …
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Clayton Kershaw took a deep breath, grasped the microphone with his left hand, then chuckled as he scanned the room around him. “This,” he said, “is weird.” Over his 18 seasons with the Dodgers, Kershaw was always wary of putting the spotlight on himself. Now, dozens of teammates, coaches, executives, staffers and media members, as well as his wife, Ellen, …
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Left-hander Clayton Kershaw is going to retire as a player after the current campaign, per an announcement from the Dodgers. His final regular season start at Dodger Stadium will be on Friday. “On behalf of the Dodgers, I congratulate Clayton on a fabulous career and thank him for the many moments he gave to Dodger fans and baseball fans everywhere, …
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