"If success means leaving someplace better than you found it, Kershaw triumphed spectacularly. On Friday, the day after Kershaw announced he would retire at season's end, the Dodgers beat the Giants again. For good measure, the Dodgers clinched a postseason berth for the 13th consecutive season, and with it the chance for Kershaw and Co. to win a third championship in six years."
""The Dodger culture has been established long before me, and it will be established long after I'm gone," he said. "That's the cruel thing about baseball: your career will be gone in an instant, and the game keeps going. But that's also the beautiful thing about it too. "This game doesn't need anybody. I'm so grateful I got to be a small part of Dodger history for as long as I've been here.""
It was 7:08 p.m. at Dodger Stadium as 53,037 fans watched Clayton Kershaw take the mound, potentially for the final time. The song 'Tonight We Are Young' became associated with Kershaw after his Sept. 20, 2011, 2-1 win over the Giants that produced his first 20-win season and first Cy Young Award. Kershaw announced he will retire at season's end after 18 seasons with the Dodgers. The day after the announcement, the Dodgers beat the Giants again and clinched a postseason berth for the 13th straight season, preserving a chance at a third championship in six years. Kershaw is noted as a guiding light through dark stretches and part of a lineage of Dodgers greats.
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