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2017 World Series Game 1 Recap: It's All About Clayton Kershaw

The best pitcher in baseball pitched like it in Game 1 of the Fall Classic for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The last time the Los Angeles Dodgers played in Game 1 of a World Series, we couldn't believe what we just saw. Kirk Gibson's shocking dinger off the Oakland Athletics' Dennis Eckersley is still one of the greatest moment in World Series history, effectively ending the 1988 Fall Classic before it even really got going.

On Tuesday night, Clayton Kershaw made sure things weren't quite as dramatic, but he did give a historic performance of his own.