Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Kuo, Vadis?

There haven't been many players that I've really, personally wanted to see succeed like I want to see Hong-Chih Kuo succeed. It's hard not to pull for a guy with that kind of injury history but still was able to be as dominant as he was. When he was intact, right-handers couldn't hit him and lefties didn't even have a prayer. That makes the news of his non-tender pretty hard to hear. Still, it seems there's still hope of bringing him back, though it sounds like it's up to him if he wants to put his beleaguered elbow through the rigors of another season.

We're all wishing you a healthy recovery, HCK. You already have a great story, so what's one more comeback, right? If you do decide to hang it up, nobody will dare say it was for lack of effort or willpower. At least we'll always have the bat flip.

Update: 4:26pm Hat tip to Johnny Blanchard for the video link.

Image : MGM

10 comments:

Johnny Blanchard said...

So awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=-bsLnV5edtQ

"Back to back to back!"

Franklin Stubbs said...

Nice find, JB. Post updated accordingly.

Fred's Brim said...

That was on 3 consecutive pitches, too, right? I remember being mad at Raffy for taking the fourth pitch

Dusty Baker said...

The downside of that video is having to see Betemit in the dugout.

Franklin Stubbs said...

Yep, we've really come a long way on the 3B situation, haven't we, DB?

Dusty Baker said...

To your point, Stubbs, I love how even the Dodgers official website finds folly in our off-season:

"Budget constraints make Dodgers get creative"

http://tinyurl.com/7kzfyvk

Johnny Blanchard said...

Wow. That's gotta be the first hat tip I've ever gotten. Sweet.

Alex said...

one of the coolest bat flips ever...

#swag

Vaporshax said...

Thanks for the link. Hope my brethren comes back.

Dusty Baker said...

It was well deserved, Johnny B!