Throwing strikes, what's up with Kuo amd Lenny Dykstra

With the weird offseason of divorces and Torre's departure I was happy when the Dodgers re-signed Hiroki Kuroda. He has been the rock in their rotation for many years. While the often brilliant Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley had their growing pains, you could depend on Kuroda to give a solid outing every time. He has pitched big for them in big games His retirement would've robbed the Dodgers of that veteran middle-rotation prescence. He won't get you nineteen strikeouts, but he will give you a solid outing each and every time out. last night against the Pirates was no different.

They haven't won a series in awhile, they haven't won consecutive games in awhile and it is probably only their mediocre rivals that has kept them in the race so far. It will take their starting rotation being strong for the Dodgers to have a chance this year, and Kuroda, with his strong performance, is tied for the team lead in wins (4), is second behind Kershaw in ERA (3.21) and K's (41), leads the team in IP (51) and is second in WHIP (1.20). He is doing his job.

Scary thing about Hong Shih-Kuo going on the DL for an "anxiety disorder". More questions than answers here, but it is obvious he has not been himself this year on the mound. The fact that a healthy Kuo is a neccessity for a shaky Dodgers bullpen is secondary to the concern for his well-being. We hope he gets better soon.

Sad to read about Lenny Dykstra. the late 1980's were a fun time to be a baseball fan. The Dodgers had their last hurrah, but the other teams, including the Mets and Phillies, whom Dykstre was a part of, helped make it fun. Those guys played hard and literally lived like rock stars. Too bad to see Lenny in big trouble. I really think many of these guys, even though they are stars on the field, have no idea how to carry themselves when their playing days are over. I certainly don't have the answers or the knowledge about what Lenny did or didn't do, but it looks like he's in alot of trouble.