LOS ANGELES -- The best way to predict how the Dodgers can win the World Series this year is to study how they didn't win it the last two years.
With that in mind, here's what they couldn't do then and need to do now to finally end a 27-year World Series drought:
1. Clayton Kershaw needs to be Clayton Kershaw: Kershaw's spotty postseasons are the only true blemish on an otherwise stunning career resume. And he hasn't pitched badly as much as he's hit a wall in a particular inning with the end coming quickly.