re: Clayton Kershaw cumulative regular season stats since July 24th, 2012

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Fans always overrate the importance of the post season, especially in team sports

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What does this even mean?

Kershaw (or any team's ace) potentially has the greatest impact of any player on a 7 game playoff series.

If playoff Kershaw pitched like regular season Kershaw, you are taking about 2 starts and potentially action in a 3rd game in a series of shutdown ball. You only have to win 4 games, 2 should be guaranteed if Kershaw doesn't poop the bed

So I'd say Kershaw's postseason success is pretty fricking important to LAD. We are talking Randy Johnson going 3-0 in 2001 with a 1 ERA in the WS. Until Kershaw can put LAD on his back in the postseason he will always have that cloud over his head

Bumgarner is 24 and has 3 rings and a 0.25 ERA in 36 World Series innings. 2.14 ERA overall in his postseason career. If ya wanna talk what being lights out in the playoffs does for a team