Hiroki Kuroda News

Buster Posey can finally catch his breath. But not for too long. Posey's first full year in professional baseball, punctuated by a September promotion to the major leagues, ended last Thursday with the conclusion of the Arizona Fall League.

It's hard to believe they're no longer playing baseball. The season is so very short.

The 2009 major league season is officially in the books, so it's an opportune time to hand out awards spanning the good, bad and ugly in the regular season and playoffs.

First, this reminder : 1) Rumors are not facts. 2) Teams and agents often float rumors to generate attention or to misdirect rivals.

Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, who has experienced the pain of cancer, will donate $100,000 to the Dodgers' Dream Foundation for the second consecutive year, the club announced on Friday.

Similar stories: Dodgers add Kuroda to NLCS roster Dodgers add Kuroda to NLCS roster The Los Angeles Dodgers have made one change to their roster for the National League Championship Series, replacing Jon Garland with Hiroki Kuroda for the pitching staff.

With Chad Billingsley slipping on icy ground and breaking his leg last November and Vicente Padilla inviting a bullet into his leg this November, I'm eager to know what interesting leg injury will befall a Dodger pitcher next November.

When Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte decides to call it quits one day on a big-league career that could land him in baseball's Hall of Fame, the game for which he will be remembered best is Game 5 of the 1996 World Series when he outdueled Atlanta's John Smoltz in a 1-0 masterpiece.

Reporting from St. Louis - St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa confirmed today that Chris Carpenter would start on short rest in Game 4 of the National League division series on Sunday if the Cardinals extend the series with a victory in Game 3 at Busch Stadium.

The Dodgers had an exceptional season, but as management so delicately put it, a below-average final week.

Randy Wolf didn't need the Wolf Pack pulling for him. He didn't need an adoring home crowd or palm trees swaying in the outfield.

The Dodgers blazed the trail with Japanese pitchers, from Hideo Nomo to Kaz Ishii to Hiroki Kuroda, and now they are after another.

Is it enough to say Hiroki Kuroda had nothing? No. Only two Dodger pitchers escaped this one unscathed, while the offense managed to do exactly nothing against Cliff Lee; between him and Chad Durbin, the Phils suffocated the Dodgers' offense with a three-hit shutout.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti felt little consolation Wednesday night following his team's defeat in the National League Championship Series, despite the fact that he will bring most of his club back intact for 2010.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti and manager Joe Torre got an early start on the managing of offseason expectations Friday when they said an acquisition of an ace starting pitcher is unlikely.

The National League Championship Series moves back to Philadelphia, all tied up at 1 game apiece.

Man, that was ugly. The Phillies jumped all over Hiroki Kuroda in the first inning, chased him in the second, and ran up their most lopsided post-season victory in team history.

The Dodgers have reached an agreement on a multiyear contract extension with General Manager Ned Colletti.

Mattingly says the L.A. media let the players off the hook, but no danger of that here .

Share + Oct 17, 2009 10:06 pm US/Pacific PHILADELPHIA 1 of 1 Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, of Japan, delivers a pitch against the Washington Nationals during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept.