Kershaw talks 'ongoingly pleasant'

LOS ANGELES_Falling short in the World Series in consecutive years, perhaps a more bitter ending than not playing for the championship at all, offers the Los Angeles Dodgers front office one perk this early in the offseason.

"On one hand," Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said, "it's good that we have so much going on that it's not really giving us an opportunity to reflect back."

There is plenty on the Dodgers' checklist as they begin reshaping the club over the next week. For starters, determining whether their face-of-the-franchise ace's future is in Los Angeles.

Clayton Kershaw originally had until Wednesday at 9