Clayton Kershaw was the winning pitcher in the game that sent the Dodgers back to the World Series since the year that he was born, and he was understandably emotional after Game 5 of the NLCS.
“It’s good to hear World Series. It’s been a long time coming for this team. I’m kind of at a loss for words right now,” Kershaw told Sam Ryan on TBS after the win, an 11-1 pasting of the Cubs. “I never thought in a million years I’d get to play in a World Series.