[新聞] Torre to give Kuo the start treatment
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Torre to give Kuo the start treatment
By Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 14, 2008
Because of his medical history, Hong-Chih Kuo wasn't considered for the fifth
spot in the Dodgers rotation that Esteban Loaiza won in spring training.
That same medical history is being cited by Manager Joe Torre as one of the
reasons the left-hander will be taken out of the bullpen and handed a start
Tuesday when the Dodgers play host to Pittsburgh.
"It's not easy to pitch him out of the bullpen," Torre said, noting that he's
had to avoid warming up Kuo multiple times in games, thereby limiting how he
can be used.
But if anyone seems unaffected by Kuo's past, which includes four surgeries
on his throwing elbow, it's Kuo himself. Though the latest procedure took
place last July -- he had bone chips removed -- Torre noted that the
26-year-old "didn't want to be babied."
"Even though he's had physical ailments out there in the past, he wanted to
get the ball, go out there and throw it," Torre said. "If he hurt himself, he
hurt himself. That's something you don't want to happen, but you sort of like
that type of attitude."
Kuo said he pondered retirement in the wake of his surgery last year and that
what brought him back to the Dodgers was their willingness to invest more
time in him.
"I really appreciated that," he said.
He said that he has felt free of any discomfort in his elbow, enough so that
he hasn't hesitated using the curveball that he stopped using after his
second surgery, in 2003.
"I couldn't control it," Kuo said of the pitch.
Kuo didn't give up any runs in either of his first two appearances and has
struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings. He made a start against the San Francisco
Giants on April 2, but only because Torre was convinced the contest would be
delayed, if not postponed, because of rain after two or three innings and
decided to scratch Chad Billingsley. Kuo pitched again April 8 in Arizona,
striking out five in 3 2/3 innings.
Kuo threw 65 pitches in that game, convincing Torre that he should be able to
throw between 70 and 80 pitches Tuesday.
Kuo's limited pitch count, coupled with Billingsley pitching only five
innings Sunday, figures to result in another busy few days for Dodgers
relievers. But Torre said that wouldn't prevent him from going to the bullpen
today when starter Hiroki Kuroda begins to fatigue, even though Kuroda
frequently threw more than 140 pitches in a game in Japan.
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轉錄LA times的原文過來
關於曲球的部份,郭說第二次手術之後他就不敢再投了,不過他現在的手臂沒有感覺到
任何不適,所以他不會猶豫使用他的曲球
內容也有提到郭的企圖心和表現讓Torre願意把他移到rotation
每次看完郭的文章都覺得很感人
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