Kershaw misses Dodger Stadium, hopes team can play in L.A.

It's still unclear whether every Major League Baseball team will be able to host home games in their usual cities in 2020, should a season be played.

Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star Clayton Kershaw is banking on that happening for his team, because the prospect of not suiting up at Chavez Ravine is a little hard for the left-hander to fathom.

"I'm hoping to play," Kershaw told Mario Lopez of "Access Hollywood" last week. "I don't know what it's gonna look like. I'm hoping that we can play at Dodger Stadium, as opposed to some of the other things that have been thrown out there.

"I miss it, man. I miss being there."

Momentum seems to be building toward granting that wish. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he's targeting early June as a potential date for restarting professional sports in the state. The governor added that games would be only played under "very prescriptive conditions."

Major League Baseball is continuing to push forward with plans to have as many teams play home games in their normal locations as possible, starting in early July. The league and players are still negotiating details of the plan, including salary structure for an 82-game season.

Kershaw has not been shy about offering his opinion on how to restart baseball since the sport went on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, he slammed a proposal that would have seen all 30 teams isolated in Arizona for the 2020 season, saying that he wouldn't leave his family behind to play elsewhere.

While the 32-year-old continues to pine for the mound at Chavez Ravine, he acknowledged something would be missing without Dodgers fans in the seats.

"Nobody knows what it's gonna be like (without fans)," Kershaw said. "I will say this: Adrenaline is huge. So ... when (there's) more fans in the stands, there's a little more nerves, and you get a little more adrenaline. I'm not throwing 95 (mph) anymore, so that adrenaline, I need that to get the velocity up."