For the second year in a row the Dodgers were knocked out of the postseason by the Cardinals, and for the second year in a row it was Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers’ all-world pitcher who went 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA during the season, who lost the final game.

The St. Louis team is rapidly approaching my level of peak dislike, previously held by the Giants of both New York and San Francisco vintage.