An Emotional Clayton Kershaw Held Back Tears Addressing Dodgers Fans, Teammates At Rally

Clayton Kershaw is having nan champion send-off you could perchance imagine.

After having announced successful September that he would beryllium retiring from shot astatine nan extremity of nan 2025 season, he and his Dodgers won nan 2025 World Series successful an extra-innings Game 7, possibly nan astir thrilling and breathtaking measurement to spell out.

Then, connected Monday, he and L.A. sewage to observe their 2nd consecutive ringing pinch a immense title parade that culminated successful a monolithic rally astatine Dodger Stadium, wherever Kershaw, a Dodger his full career, took a infinitesimal to reside a monolithic and rabid crowd of fans. Given nan value of some nan infinitesimal and nan win, it was, of course, an affectional appearance.

"I'm gonna effort not to outcry today," nan pitcher started, really mounting nan tone. "But I don't cognize if that's going to work. I'll effort not to make it weird. Thank you. Thank you for 18 years. Thank you for showing up and watching america play for nan past 18 years. And convey you for being present for maine and my family and supporting us," he said to nan crowd, earlier turning to his team.

"And convey you, my teammates, you guys are nan champion successful nan world. You guys are nan champion squad successful nan world, and you've been nan champion squad successful nan world for arsenic agelong arsenic I remember. Last year, I said I was a Dodger for life. And today, that's true. And today, I get to opportunity that I'm a champion for life. And that's ne'er going away."

"So convey you for this moment. Thank you to my teammates for this moment. Thank you to this statement for this infinitesimal correct here. I will retrieve it for nan remainder of my life."

Kersh soon ended things connected an anticipatory statement for adjacent season: "I cognize they're gonna get 1 much adjacent year, " he said, to cheers, "and I'm gonna watch conscionable for illustration each of you."

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Speaking aft Game 7 connected Saturday, nan three-time Cy Young Award winner, 11-time All-Star and now two-time World Series champion made clear that this fairytale ending wasn't mislaid connected him.

“It’s not a sad feeling. It really isn’t,” Kershaw said. “I mean, really cool is this? I will everlastingly for nan remainder of my life beryllium capable to opportunity we won Game 7 of nan World Series successful nan past crippled I ever played. You can’t book that. You can’t constitute it up. Even if I was not throwing 88 (mph), I still would beryllium done. It’s conscionable nan cleanable measurement to extremity it.”

Kershaw recorded his last retired during nan 12th inning of nan series' marathon Game 3, astatine which constituent nan Dodgers called upon him pinch 2 outs, nan people tied, and nan bases loaded. It was past that he did what he did champion and induced a important groundout to support things going.

You really couldn't tie it up immoderate better; Kershaw knows that. And we're gladsome he sewage different chance backmost astatine Dodger Stadium connected Monday to much appropriately opportunity his goodbyes.

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