The Los Angeles Dodgers got the monkey off their back in an eighth consecutive trip to the postseason, defeating the Tampa Bays Rays in six games to win the World Series, their first since 1988.
A majority of the Dodgers’ roster has been through the heartbreak of repeated losses in October, even making it to the World Series in 2017 and 2018 before falling short on both occasions.
They will now forever be known as champions and perhaps no one is more deserving than Clayton Kershaw, who has had his fair share of postseason struggles but is widely recognized as the best pitcher of this generation.