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1 posted on 09/18/2025 2:00:46 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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Had a long career. Don’t know much about him, but I always like to see guys get that one last good year in at the end.


2 posted on 09/18/2025 2:06:39 PM PDT by packrat35 (β€œWhen discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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He’s 37 y/o. It’s remarkable that he can still play along with the younger team members, but maybe now is the right time to do something else, for the next phase of life.
Go now, while you still have your health and your spouse.


4 posted on 09/18/2025 2:26:16 PM PDT by lee martell
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I no longer follow baseball. And it shows. When I read the title I thought it referred to the great Louisiana fiddle player Doug Kershaw.


6 posted on 09/18/2025 2:36:25 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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Good for him! I will never forget Game 5 of the NLDS a few years ago, Dodgers vs Nats in DC. The Dodgers brought him in on short rest as a reliever. After every pitch he threw, the catcher came out to talk with him. Of course we booed and booed, because we knew he was just giving the Kershaw a bit of rest. The next year MLB prescribed the number of mound visits that could be made.

I read that he and NFL QB Matthew Stafford were best friends growing up. Anyway, enjoy your retirement Clayton!


8 posted on 09/18/2025 2:42:10 PM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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A great pitcher with a long career who played his entire career with one team. He’ll be wearing a Dodger uniform as he enters the Hall of Fame in a few years.


11 posted on 09/18/2025 2:46:58 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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He has had a long great career. Not much success in the post-season for whatever reason but he was a regular season workhorse and winner. A Hall of Fame for sure. 222 wins as of today.


13 posted on 09/18/2025 3:35:07 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.πŸ‘¨ )
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All-time legend Kershaw....

All-time legend? He's not Sandy Koufax or Bob Gibson, but he's been pretty damn good.

15 posted on 09/18/2025 3:38:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.πŸ‘¨ )
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GREAT pitcher. Good move.


16 posted on 09/18/2025 3:44:29 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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"all-time legend"

There's that ridiculously overworked word "legend" again. Kershaw is an outstanding pitcher, not a "legend."
21 posted on 09/18/2025 5:45:01 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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