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baseball memorabilia of,
9
,
74

birth of,
71

change-up of,
64
–65

charitable work of,
2
,
67

childhood and adolescence of,
3
,
8
–10,
62
,
71
–74

contract of,
2
–7,
10
–11,
13
,
66
–68,
70
,
79
,
81
,
93
,
160
,
171
–72,
193
–94,
213
,
243
–44

control as focus of,
5
–6

curveball of,
5
,
63
–65,
68
,
74
,
208
,
233
,
252
,
282
n
,
291
n

drafting of,
75
–77,
136
,
292
n
,
294
n

education of,
3
,
8
,
62
,
72
–74

Ellis’s relationship with,
64
–65,
69
–70,
78
,
86
,
213

ERAs of,
1
–2,
62
–63,
74
,
77
,
196
,
233
,
252

fastball of,
5
,
64
,
74
,
208
,
224
,
233
,
252
,
261

father’s death and,
73
–74

finances of,
5
–7,
10
–11,
13
,
67
–68,
70
,
76
,
79
,
93
,
171
–72,
213
–14

first win of,
9

Friedman and,
270

game planning of,
69

Greinke and,
105
,
112

hitting of,
78
–79,
233

injuries of,
244
,
246
,
251
–52

Kemp and,
279

Mattingly and,
8
–9,
78
,
89
–90,
93
,
121
,
209
,
244

NLCS and,
1
–3,
8
–9,
218
–19,
223
–30,
232
–34,
251
–52

NLDS and,
205
,
208
–9,
212
–18,
230
,
233
,
260
–64

no-hitter of,
252
–53

number worn by,
10
,
70

on off days,
62
,
213

off-seasons of,
243
,
278

opening day starts of,
61
,
66
,
77
–79,
81
,
89
–90,
244
,
246
,
278
–79

physical appearance of,
3
,
61
,
68
,
71
,
73
–74,
78

Ping-Pong played by,
3
,
9

pitching on short rest,
212
–13,
263

pregame routines of,
68
–71,
79
,
112
,
192
,
198
,
208
,
213

private life of,
2
–3,
8
–10,
62

Puig and,
156
–57,
198

during regular season,
61
,
66
,
77
–79,
81
,
89
–90,
102
–3,
116
,
128
,
137
,
146
,
156
–57,
165
–66,
177
–78,
192
–93,
195
–96,
198
,
212
–13,
218
,
233
,
244
–46,
251
–53,
278
–79,
292
n

religious beliefs of,
67
,
73

rookie season of,
5
,
63
,
74

slider of,
5
,
64
–66,
68
,
178
,
208
–9,
233
,
252
,
261

wardrobe of,
67

worrying of,
72
–74

Kershaw, Ellen Melson,
2
–4,
9
–10,
62
,
69
,
73
–74,
79

Kershaw, Marianne,
9
,
71
–74,
76

Kimbrel, Craig,
160
,
215
–16

Kinsler, Ian,
104

Koehler, Tom,
130

Kontos, George,
77
–78

Koufax, Sandy,
28
,
62
,
102
,
155
,
209
,
216
,
252

Kozma, Pete,
220
,
233
,
261

Kroenke, Stan and Ann Walton,
31

Lackey, John,
263

LaRoche, Adam,
191

Lasorda, Tommy,
153
,
169

Laurenzi, Gino,
288
n

League, Brandon,
295
n

contract of,
159
–60

Mattingly and,
166
–67,
177

NLDS and,
263

during regular season,
88
,
159
–62,
165
–67

League, Sasha,
166

Lee, Cliff,
21
,
192
,
294
n

Lee, Zach,
192

Leon, Yandrys,
158

Lilly, Ted,
87
,
116
,
118
,
191
,
293
n

Lincecum, Tim,
76
–77,
294
n

Lincoln, Brad,
76

Little, Grady,
211

Loney, James,
21
,
48
,
53
,
130
,
133
,
136
,
290
n

Longoria, Evan,
75

Lopes, Davey,
98
–99

Loria, Jeffrey,
186

Los Angeles Angels,
8
,
17
,
54
,
135
,
268

during regular season,
105
,
139
,
148
–49,
300
n

trading of,
192
,
271

Los Angeles Dodgers:

analytics department of,
41
,
266
–67

attendance statistics of,
16
,
22
,
25
,
89
,
108
,
151
,
281
n
,
283
n
,
292
n

brawls of,
88
,
110
–13,
115
,
117
,
120
,
156
,
165
,
170
–71,
175
,
179
,
184
,
258
,
301
n

broadcast rights and media deals of,
17
–18,
25
–27,
34
–36,
47
,
150
,
282
n

business model of,
193

celebrations of,
202
–3,
216
–17,
231
,
303
n

drafting of,
8
,
21
,
48
,
75
–77,
87
,
108
,
117
,
119
,
121
,
136
,
141
,
149
,
167
,
272
,
292
n
,
294
n
,
299
n

farm system of,
43
,
46
–47,
84
–86,
99
,
119
,
136
–37,
139
,
145
,
147
,
149
–50,
178
,
182
–83,
245
,
256
,
272

finances of,
6
–7,
13
–14,
17
–18,
21
–22,
24
–27,
30
,
32
–37,
39
–40,
42
–43,
45
–46,
50
,
53
,
58
,
63
,
68
,
81
,
88
–89,
91
,
93
–94,
119
,
124
–25,
127
–28,
136
–37,
139
,
142
–43,
151
,
160
,
167
–68,
192
–93,
206
,
213
,
217
–18,
226
,
235
,
238
,
245
,
249
,
253
,
265
–68,
273
,
279
–80,
282
n
,
284
n
–88
n
,
302
n

free agent signings of,
45
–46,
89
,
108
,
119

leadership committee of,
277

management morale of,
25

marketing of,
156
,
179
,
192
–93,
249

in NLCS,
1
–4,
8
–9,
20
,
23
,
45
,
216
–36,
246
,
251
–52,
260
–61,
270
,
295
n

in NLDS,
4
,
205
–19,
221
,
223
–24,
226
,
228
,
230
,
233
,
236
,
260
–64,
270
,
282
n

NL West crowns of,
20
,
191
,
200
–202,
205
,
260
,
279
,
303
n

outfield platoon of,
203
,
250
,
253

pitching staff of,
87
–90,
98
,
104
,
115
–19,
152
,
159
–62,
164
–68,
170
,
177
–79,
185
,
196
,
199
–200,
245
,
253
,
255
,
258
–60,
263
,
265
–67,
271
–72,
276
,
295
n

players’ contracts with,
2
–7,
10
–11,
13
,
36
–37,
40
–42,
45
–46,
58
,
66
–68,
70
,
79
,
81
,
83
,
89
,
91
–93,
116
,
120
–22,
124
,
144
,
159
–60,
167
–68,
171
–72,
179
,
188
–89,
193
–94,
200
,
207
,
209
,
213
,
215
,
225
,
243
–44,
249
–50,
253
–54,
259
,
266
,
269
–73,
279
,
284
n
,
287
n
–88
n
,
293
n
–95
n
,
299
n
,
301
n

playoff pep rally of,
204

pregame festivities of,
192

private security employed by,
159
,
195

rallying cry of,
43

in relocating from Brooklyn,
16
–17,
24

rookie hazing rituals of,
258

rosters of,
6
,
40
–42,
65
,
81
–89,
93
,
103
,
118
,
128
,
133
,
139
,
145
–46,
149
–50,
160
,
172
–73,
199
,
201
,
245
,
255
,
259
–60,
265
,
270
–72,
276

sales of,
7
,
13
,
18
–20,
28
–34,
36
,
124
,
269
,
282
n
–83
n

scouting of,
21
,
75
–76,
78
,
136
,
141
–44,
151
,
162
,
176
,
185
,
190
,
245
,
270
,
299
n

team meetings of,
83
,
159
,
194
,
201
,
241
–42,
248

trading of,
43
,
45
,
48
–54,
57
–59,
68
,
89
,
116
–17,
119
,
130
,
134
,
159
,
172
,
178
–79,
186
–87,
191
–92,
231
,
238
,
253
,
265
–69,
271
–73,
290
n
,
302
n

turnover of executives of,
40

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