LOS ANGELES -- "We Are Young," the pop-rock track that became his entrance song, blasted through the Dodger Stadium speakers one final time Monday afternoon, and Clayton Kershaw, with the sleeves already cut off his championship T-shirt, struggled to hold himself together.
"I told Freddie [Freeman] I'm gonna try not to cry today," he said to a crowd of 52,703 who had assembled for yet another World Series parade, "but I don't know if that's going to work."
The farewell season of Kershaw's 18-year career had played out like a dream, from recording his 3,000th strikeout on the final pitch of his outing on July 3 to winning his last home start on Sept.