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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469
Just to play devil's advocate, and not to take anything away from the Astros, but why the &*#$ did the Dodgers NOT start their Ace, Clayton Kershaw??? He is the best pitcher in baseball. Boneheaded move.
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Easy to say after the fact. Yu Darvish, while not at the level of Kershaw, is still a top tier pitcher. He had a bad outing after a bad outing, on the platform of the world series so it's bad timing. Rumor is that he might have been tipping his pitches, too. But Kershaw clearly had not developed a reputation as a reliable pitcher in the playoffs, so it's very reasonable to expect Darvish to pitch well in that situation. You give the starter a chance, especially when the starter is very good like Darvish typically is. If you want to argue it was boneheaded to leave him in that long, I wouldn't disagree with you there.