• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
Commentary: MLB’s Georgia Boycott Backfires, Congressman Moves To Strip League’s Antitrust Exemption

Up-and-Down Year for Dodgers Superstar Kershaw Hits ‘Embarrassing’ Low in Historic Playoff Flameout

October 8, 2023
BLACKMON: Trump And Wright Move To Speed Nuclear Expansion

BLACKMON: Trump And Wright Move To Speed Nuclear Expansion

June 21, 2025
LARRY ELDER: On Iran, Democrats, Except Fetterman, Have Gone Underground

LARRY ELDER: On Iran, Democrats, Except Fetterman, Have Gone Underground

June 20, 2025
Court Strikes Down Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Schools

Court Strikes Down Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments In Schools

June 20, 2025
MANISHA SINGH: No Great Expectations Of The Group Of Seven

MANISHA SINGH: No Great Expectations Of The Group Of Seven

June 20, 2025
Court Decision Could Spell Disaster For DC Law Allowing Noncitizens Ability To Vote

Court Decision Could Spell Disaster For DC Law Allowing Noncitizens Ability To Vote

June 20, 2025
Industries Long Addicted To Illegal Labor In Withdrawal As Trump Cracks Down

Industries Long Addicted To Illegal Labor In Withdrawal As Trump Cracks Down

June 20, 2025
Obama-Appointed Judge Allows Harvard To Continue Enrolling Foreign Students

Obama-Appointed Judge Allows Harvard To Continue Enrolling Foreign Students

June 20, 2025
Trump Admin Gives California Ultimatum To Cut Trans Ideology From Classrooms

Trump Admin Gives California Ultimatum To Cut Trans Ideology From Classrooms

June 20, 2025
‘The View’ Hosts Blame Sunny Hostin For Harris Losing Election With Viral Question 

‘The View’ Hosts Blame Sunny Hostin For Harris Losing Election With Viral Question 

June 20, 2025
Jamie Raskin Still Refuses To Condemn Squad Member For Using Antisemitic Slogan

Jamie Raskin Still Refuses To Condemn Squad Member For Using Antisemitic Slogan

June 20, 2025
Man Charged With Ethnic Intimidation After Allegedly Threatening Jewish Congressman With Palestine Flag

Man Charged With Ethnic Intimidation After Allegedly Threatening Jewish Congressman With Palestine Flag

June 20, 2025
China Tries Getting Rich In America’s Backyard

China Tries Getting Rich In America’s Backyard

June 20, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Saturday, June 21, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home Commentary

Up-and-Down Year for Dodgers Superstar Kershaw Hits ‘Embarrassing’ Low in Historic Playoff Flameout

by Western Journal
October 8, 2023
in Commentary, Sports
240 12
0
Commentary: MLB’s Georgia Boycott Backfires, Congressman Moves To Strip League’s Antitrust Exemption

FILE PHOTO: Sep 24, 2020; Arlington, Texas, USA; A view of the stands and the open roof during the game between the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros at Globe Life Field. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Clayton Kershaw is one of the best regular season pitchers the sport has ever seen.

Kershaw is also one of the least reliable post-season pitchers the sport has ever seen.

That strange dichotomy has always been an unofficial asterisk on what will assuredly be a Hall of Fame career when it’s finished — and much to Kershaw’s chagrin, that career could very well be finished after a historically bad playoff outing Saturday night.

The Dodgers lost Game 1 of the 2023 National League Division Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-2, a lopsided loss no matter how you try to spin it.

But it wasn’t so much that the Dodgers lost badly, it was more a matter of the Dodgers never having a chance in this game out of the gate thanks to Kershaw’s abysmal start.

And it was a historically abysmal start for Kershaw who, as ESPN notes, became the first pitcher in MLB history to give up five hits and five runs before recording a single out.

Yes, the Dodgers and Kershaw were facing a 5-0 deficit before recording a single out. It is a historically bad outing that is in honest contention for worst start in MLB history, period.

Kershaw would ultimately give up one more run and one more hit, before Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled his decorated star off the mound.

The star Dodger also suffered a personal worst, failing to make it out of the first inning for the first time in 454 career starts.

[firefly_embed]

[/firefly_embed]

“Disappointing,” Kershaw said after the game, per ESPN. “Embarrassing. You just feel like you let everybody down. The guys, a whole organization, that looked to you to pitch well in Game 1.

“It’s just embarrassing, really. So I just feel like I let everybody down. It’s a tough way to start the postseason. Obviously, we still have a chance at this thing, but that wasn’t the way it should’ve started for me.”

Compounding matters, Kershaw may never get a chance to rectify this historically bad outing. The NLDS is a best-of-five, so it’s the first team to three wins that wins the series.

Per ESPN, Kershaw is penciled in as a hypothetical starter for Game 4 — something that won’t happen if the Dodgers lose the next two games.

And given that Kershaw is a ripe (for sports) 35-years old, if the Dodgers are eliminated before Game 4, there is a non-zero chance that the aging pitcher rides off into the sunset.

Alongside the numerous career accolades, Kershaw has also collected a laundry list of injuries and quite a bit of mileage over his career. Retirement chatter has been hounding Kershaw for the better part of the last few seasons.

For that matter, however, Kershaw would probably prefer being hounded by retirement rumors as opposed to the way he was hounded all season long in what has rapidly turned into a year to forget for the Dodgers.

The Dodgers, and by extension Kershaw, came under a searing microscope this season when the team announced it would be honoring a blasphemous group of cross dressers for LGBT “pride” purposes.

The move was so widely vilified and derided that fans were simply not interested in hearing about the Dodgers’ “Christian Faith and Family Day.”

Many baseball fans viewed the Christian celebration as a tokenized response to the LGBT backlash.

That’s to say nothing of the actual on-field product, which, as ESPN points out, has been an up-and-down year for the Dodgers, as well. Kershaw is actually the last standing member of the team’s original starting pitching rotation.

All of the other original starters are either injured or suspended.

Kershaw will only be able to look on from the dugout in Game 2, which takes place Monday in Los Angeles.


This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Tags: Arizona DiamondbacksLos Angeles DodgersMajor League Baseball MLBMLBPop Cultureviral
Share196Tweet123
Western Journal

Western Journal

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th