Dodgers reliever Will Klein experienced what had to have been the best night of his professional life in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday. Somehow, his night got even better after the game ended.

Sitting in the front row, watching, was Sandy Koufax, another southpaw with an argument as the greatest to ever do it, a guy with a close relationship to Kershaw after so much time in Los Angeles for the guy who has worn number 22 since he was a 20 year old just breaking in so many years ago.

The Dodgers won an instant classic featuring 18 innings, 11 runs, 19 pitchers and more history from Shohei Ohtani.

A week ago, the right-hander was in Arizona throwing to live hitters in a simulated game. Klein, 25, was a late addition to the Dodgers' roster after Tanner Scott wasn't ready to return from injury and Alex Vesia was left off because of personal reasons. Call it Couch to the World Series.

LOS ANGELES -- When Sandy Koufax joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, he was in awe of being on the same team with Jackie Robinson. Now 67 years later, the two are immortalized in bronze at the entrance to Dodger Stadium. Koufax's statue was unveiled on ...

On April 24, 1962, Hall-of-Famer and Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax set a Major League record with 18 strikeouts in a complete game. The Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, at Wrigley Field. Koufax allowed the two runs on six hits and four ...

LOS ANGELES — For baseball aficionados, the name Sandy Koufax is almost mythical. In the 1960s, Koufax put together what is generally considered the greatest span of five seasons for a pitcher in Major League history. And 60 years ago, Sept. 9, 1965 ...

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night. It was the first Cy Young win of his career. Sale, who was traded from the Boston Red Sox last offseason, is now a member of the Atlanta Braves.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a World Series game from another era. Sandy Koufax had October outings like this and so did Orel Hershiser, but those types of performances had vanished in modern baseball.