Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer have authored spectacular and historic careers on parallel tracks -- tracks that almost certainly will carry them to Cooperstown five years after they retire.

Those tracks have occasionally crisscrossed over the years, though. The two generational starting pitchers were Dodgers teammates for part of the 2021 season, and they also have locked horns as direct competitors every once in a while. (And when we say “competitors,” we really mean it. Few pitchers in baseball history have been as renowned for their intensity.)

The first intersection between Kershaw and Scherzer came way back in 2008, when both were rookies . The latest intersection -- and perhaps the last -- comes Friday night at Dodger Stadium , where Scherzer will start for the Blue Jays a

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