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The whole game 1 thing is BS really. As we've seen pitchers who were not considered the "ace" step up and become the ace over the course of the year and playoffs

wasn't even really talking about not playing game 1 when we couldn't move the rotation around because we still had to clinch the division

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The fact is he was the best pitcher and the Dodgers had enough faith in him to start him in a game 1 of a championship series when they could have turned to an established vet.

but not enough faith to play him in an elimination game when he was on a full 5 days rest

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Posted by tduecen

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Posted on 5/30/16 at 7:53 pm to WestCoastAg

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if this was true, he would have started game 5

He was 20 at the time, I have no issue with them not running him in game 5 (which he did see action and he struggled just as in game 1) That reminds me of the Yankees in 04 vs Boston. Rather than putting Hernandez in they turned to their game 3 starter in Brown. The Dodgers went with a older player and pitched Kershaw early in the game to keep the score close. It did not happen, that doesn't mean they didn't trust him. They obviously did starting him in G1.

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ut not enough faith to play him in an elimination game when he was on a full 5 days rest

again not relevant for me, they had faith in him. He struggled in game 1 and went with experience in a tight situation. He came in to keep the game close and could not do that.

Kershaw has a rep as a pitcher who can not do it in the postseason. This is because his regular season has been so dominant that he has not carried that over into the postseason. Until he has a run like Bumgarner he won't drop this rep. He needs a dominating postseason without a blow up which he has not had yet. 6 innings and 3 earned runs is not a Kershaw performance and not what teams expect from their #1 in the postseason.

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