LOS ANGELES -- Early April is a time for butterflies, and that is good news for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
This has nothing to do with flowers or colorful wings, though, and everything to do with a certain staff ace that knows how to embrace the internal flutter that comes with the first game of the season.
Clayton Kershaw admitted to those butterflies before his Opening Day assignment Monday. It is all part of listening to a body clock that tells him the season has arrived and it is time to get busy. He did indeed Monday, giving up just two runs (one earned) and taking a one hitter into the seventh inning.