Bill Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw’s dream start becomes another playoff nightmare
LOS ANGELES — He stalked to the mound with a busted wing and a silent prayer, Clayton Kershaw desperately hoping his revival tour would continue rolling into a glorious Dodgers’ October. After two batters, fans were booing. After five batters Kershaw was crumbling, standing off the mound with his hands on his knees and his stare fixed on the grass. After eight batters Kershaw was gone, ...
LOS ANGELES — He stalked to the mound with a busted wing and a silent prayer, Clayton Kershaw desperately hoping his revival tour would continue rolling into a glorious Dodgers’ October.
After two batters, fans were booing.
After five batters Kershaw was crumbling, standing off the mound with his hands on his knees and his stare fixed on the grass.
After eight batters Kershaw was gone, trudging to the dugout where he sat alone on the bench with the same stance surely adopted by Dodgers fans everywhere.
Head buried in hands.
The playoff opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium was supposed to be the continuation of a late-season
