He's a reminder that great pitching is an art form. It's power and precision, finesse and grit. Very few have done it better than this 28-year-old left-hander.
Kershaw is the youngest pitcher in history to win three Cy Young Awards, and he could be on track for a fourth in 2016. If so, he'd be just the fifth pitcher to win that many and would be doing it at a younger age than any of the others were at the time of their fourth -- Roger Clemens (35), Randy Johnson (38), Steve Carlton (37) and Greg Maddux (29).