With the Boston Red Sox missing out on this year’s postseason, fans are left to root for those with ties to the organization who did make it to October. Wednesday wasn’t a good night for former Red Sox players wearing Dodger blue as Los Angeles fell to the Washington Nationals in the decisive Game 5 of the NLDS.
Most of the headlines will focus on the latest postseason failure from Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. The three-time Cy Young winner has stolen the mantle from David Price as the best regular-season pitcher of this era who can’t get it done on the postseason stage.