{"id":328881,"date":"2026-08-25T00:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328881\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T00:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:54:45","slug":"dodgers-legend-clayton-kershaw-in-new-role-for-braves-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328881\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw in new role for Braves series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers spent the past 18 seasons <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/23\/sports\/dodgers-legend-clayton-kershaw-was-the-surprise-star-of-white-house-ceremony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watching legendary pitcher Clayton Kershaw<\/a>. Now they\u2019ll get to hear him.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dodgers\/status\/2092005187519238275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Dodgers have announced<\/a> that Kershaw will be on the call for the Dodgers\u2019 game against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, as part of the Spectrum SportsNet LA (SNLA) broadcast. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.38941655;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40492172\" width=\"820\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260813150237-AG0RZR1-QAB41-1-83TJCS51-O73.jpg\" alt=\"Clayton Kershaw attends a ceremony honoring Orel Hershiser with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Aug. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Baron\/BEI\/Shutterstock)\" class=\"wp-image-40492172\"\/>Clayton Kershaw attends a ceremony honoring Orel Hershiser with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Aug. 13, 2026. Matt Baron\/BEI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.38191633;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40492178\" width=\"815\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NYP102424WORLDSERIES43JS-1.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is seen during batting practice during Media Day on the eve of the 2024 MLB World Series on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (JASON SZENES\/NEW YORK POST)\" class=\"wp-image-40492178\"\/>Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is seen during batting practice during Media Day on the eve of the 2024 MLB World Series. JASON SZENES\/NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Cy Young Award winner, 2014 National League MVP and three-time World Series champion will be joining Joe Davis and Kirsten Watson for pregame coverage and throughout the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/01\/sports\/los-angeles-dodgers-miss-clayton-kershaw-after-he-retired\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kershaw being on the call<\/a> adds another intriguing element to what\u2019s already a captivating series for the Dodgers. They\u2019re heading to Atlanta with an 80-52 record, which gives them a nine-game lead in the NL West.<\/p>\n<p>The Braves are currently leading the NL East with a 76-55 record. These two teams are among the favorites to win the NL pennant, and will be battling for playoff seeding for the rest of the regular season. Therefore, the Dodgers winning this road series would be a major statement to the rest of the league that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/10\/sports\/dodgers-slump-raises-real-concerns-about-world-series-chances\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their slump from earlier in August<\/a> is in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers spent the past 18 seasons watching legendary pitcher Clayton Kershaw. Now they\u2019ll get to hear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13831,2136,39923,123653,1016,7482,20,9,11,10,319],"class_list":["post-328881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-california","tag-clayton-kershaw","tag-dodger-stadium","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}