Kershaw uses baseball to help battle child sex trafficking in the Dominican
LOS ANGELES - Clayton Kershaw stared into the distance as he recounted his travels. Standing in the Los Angeles Dodgers' clubhouse, the world he now pictured was larger than he previously imagined, with more poverty and more suffering, but also with more possibilities.
Two weeks before he reported to spring training, Kershaw was invited to the Dominican Republic's National Palace and granted an audience with President Danilo Medina. The president listened to his concerns about child sex trafficking in the country and assured him his office would support the International Justice Mission's efforts.
Baseball made it all possible.
"It was a very eye-opening trip, all the way around," Kershaw said. "Very fortunate that baseball means so much."
His meeting with the president was featured on the country's television
