推 jjsakurai:我一點都不擔心洪七... 05/17 13:29
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推 wtgcarot:道奇可能在他身上看到Sandy koufax的影子吧!!XDD 05/17 16:56
推 sddturbo:真趕 坐飛機 1局才到球場 然後就上場 你累了嗎? 05/18 04:22
→ holydon:媽呀真累... 難怪球都壓不下... 剛到就要上場了XD 05/18 22:53
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodrep17may17,1,2306406.story
A bumpy ride for Hong-Chih Kuo
Pitcher may have been a little too excited about his season debut,
but manager and catcher aren't worried.
By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer 8:31 PM PDT, May 16, 2007
Maybe Hong-Chih Kuo should have rooted for a lengthy flight delay.
Or for his plane to be diverted to, say, Minneapolis.
After sitting through a 3-hour 7-minute day game with the triple-A
Las Vegas 51s on Tuesday, Kuo learned that he had been recalled by the
Dodgers. He took an evening flight from Las Vegas to Burbank, landing
around 6:40 p.m.
The reliever rushed to Dodger Stadium, arriving in the first
inning, and made his season debut in the seventh with the Dodgers
holding a seemingly comfortable 9-4 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Four hits, one walk, three runs and 19 pitches later, Kuo exited
in favor of Jonathan Broxton. He had recorded one out.
"I saw a kid who came in here and the world was spinning a little
bit too fast for him," Dodgers Manager Grady Little said Wednesday.
Kuo called his harried commute "a little tough" but pinned his
rough outing on being "maybe a little too excited." His earned-run
average after his first appearance was 81.00.
"I'm not worried about it," Kuo said. "I'll get better and
hopefully my ERA will go down."
Little said the Dodgers decided to promote Kuo instead of Yhency
Brazoban because they liked the idea of having another left-hander in
the bullpen in addition to Joe Beimel.
Kuo, who was sidelined in April because of a strained rotator
cuff, made only two of his five appearances with Las Vegas out of the
bullpen but said that was enough to prepare him to pitch in relief for
the Dodgers.
"I've been a reliever the last couple of years, so you get used to
it," said Kuo, who made 23 of his 28 appearances with the Dodgers last
season in relief.
Catcher Russell Martin said he was confident that Kuo would
quickly settle down and pitch effectively.
"He's a high-energy guy and throws really hard," Martin said.
"It's just a matter of finding that release point and getting
comfortable and just getting used to throwing in the big leagues
again. He'll be fine. He's just got too good of stuff not to succeed.
I'm not worried about Hong-Chih at all."
Said Little: "We're not going to judge his abilities out of the
bullpen on a third of an inning. I won't hesitate to put him right
back out there when he's ready."
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