Why is LA lefty Clayton Kershaw so downright masterful during the regular season and so decidedly mediocre during the playoffs? While a player such as Washington slugger Bryce Harper talks about thriving when the stage is biggest, the lights brightest, the TV audience broadest, Kershaw seems to spend early October dealing with questions about happens to him at this time of year. In years gone by, Kershaw said, he thought he was supposed to carry the Dodgers.