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Kershaw reshaping his October legacy
- Updated: October 17, 2016
CHICAGO — Careers are made in the regular season. Contracts, too, are won with performances from April through September.
But legends can still be made in the postseason alone, through magical October moments that live on from generation to generation.
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Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been piling up those moments — three of them in the last six days, including Sunday’s 1-0 win in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
Before 2016, the postseason was the one shortcoming on Kershaw’s brilliant record. But in the last week, he has staged a postseason performance for the ages.
In Game 4 of the NL Division Series against the Nationals, he pitched on short rest. The Dodgers won. Two days later, he got the last two outs for his first career save in the deciding Game 5. On Sunday night, in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Cubs, he pitched seven superb shutout innings. The Dodgers evened the series at 1-1. And suddenly, the record of Kershaw having problems in the postseason seems to be ancient history.
“For me, obviously, I have said it time and time again, he’s the best pitcher on the planet,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “I’ll take him any day, as well as 29 other managers. The history, it has no bearing on anything for me. This is a new year, and he’s shown what he can do in the postseason. So I don’t think that anybody in that clubhouse cares about that narrative. And he’s shown he’s all-in for his teammates, and that’s — for us, that’s all we care about.”
What Kershaw did here was unique. The …
