LOS ANGELES — My family had a small party on the day Clayton Kershaw made his successful major league debut on May 25, 2008. It wasn’t for the exciting rookie left-hander with the killer curveball, exactly. It was for my kid; she turned 1.

She’s since graduated from high school and started college. She’ll be voting in an election for the first time soon. She’s grown up in Los Angeles, where, for her whole childhood, Kershaw was one of the city’s most celebrated figures.

For most of the past 18 years, Kershaw has been the Dodgers’ ace, a leading protagonist in an especially prolific period of winning, the Dodgers securing two World Series titles and making the playoffs a dozen times.

The 2014 National League MVP, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, an 11-time All-Star.

Kid K grew up dur

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