Kershaw made `big decision' to have surgery, stay in L.A.

GLENDALE, ARIZ. >> Faced with deciding between retirement or having the first major surgery of his life if he wanted to continue pitching, Clayton Kershaw turned to some of his closest advisors — his four kids.

“They didn't really help too much, honestly,” Kershaw said. “They were kind of indifferent.”

But Kershaw found he wasn't indifferent about it.

He had shoulder surgery in November and wound up re-signing with the Dodgers.

“I really never made a big decision in my life,” said Kershaw, who reported to Camelback Ranch and took his physical on Thursday. “I got drafted by the Dodgers. I married the same girl from high school. I didn't have many decisions to make along the way. This was really kind of the first offseason where

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KEITH BIRMINGHAM — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER After having shoulder surgery, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw started his throwing program last week and said he's aiming to return in the summer.