Clayton Kershaw took the mound for his first World Series start amid every conceivable type of heat.
He responded by barely breaking a sweat.
This isn't literally true, mind you. Pitching is hard work, even for three-time Cy Young winners like Kershaw, and the game-time temperature Tuesday at Dodger Stadium for Game 1 of the 2017 World Series between his Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros checked in at 103 degrees. That's a new postseason record.
Figuratively, though, Kershaw was cooler than the proverbial cucumber.