Los Angeles Dodgers: News and Notes

Uncertain Recovery Ahead for Kuroda Hiroki Kuroda is injured, and it will long resonate with Dodger fans as one of the scariest moments they will remember. Arizona’s Rusty Ryal smacked a line drive off the right side of Kuroda’s head in Saturday afternoon’s game. The ball ricocheted high into the air and landed on the warning track next to the on-deck circle. It hung in the air for so long that catcher Brad Ausmus almost caught the ball on the fly. According to Kuroda, he never even had a chance to react. The ball was on him so fast that he couldn’t protect himself from the blow. He was able to call his wife from the ambulance on the way to the hospital, and when he finally got a hold of her, she was very shaken. "She thought I died," he said. Vin Scully, the man who has seen it all, seemed so disturbed by the situation that he was almost at a loss for words. As Kuroda was carted beyond the right field wall and into the bowels of the stadium, Scully...