MILWAUKEE -- If a best-of-seven playoff series can have a tone-setting moment in the first inning of Game 1, then make sure you're watching Friday night when all-world pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes on National League MVP favorite Christian Yelich. It'll be the first marquee matchup of the NL Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
"You enjoy that as a player, going up against the best," Yelich said Thursday afternoon. "Just try and see how you stack up. You enjoy competing, and it seems like he really enjoys competing, and that's what it's all about.