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Bill Plaschke: With Tony Gonsolin pitching like a top cat, Dodgers just might make it to October

LOS ANGELES — In a season during which Clayton Kershaw has broken the team strikeout record and Sandy Koufax will get a statue, the Dodgers' legendary pitching legacy just added a new ace. Tony Gonsolin? Well, uh, yeah. He is barely visible behind his long black hair and beard, and barely recognizable with his newfound insistence on throwing strikes. He is the pitcher who only became a pitcher ...
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin throws against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — In a season during which Clayton Kershaw has broken the team strikeout record and Sandy Koufax will get a statue, the Dodgers' legendary pitching legacy just added a new ace.

Tony Gonsolin?

Well, uh, yeah.

He is barely visible behind his long black hair and beard, and barely recognizable with his newfound insistence on throwing strikes.

He is the pitcher who only became a pitcher because his college team ran out of pitchers. He is the pitcher with the career 9.45 postseason earned-run average. He is the piggyback pitcher, one who shared his first two starts this season with Tyler Anderson because the

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