Weather
Friday, September 10, 2010
Categories
Local News
|
Search News
Kuo may start Dodgers' third exhibition game in Taiwan03/10/2010 (CNA) Taiwan's Kuo Hong-chih may start the third of three exhibition games the Los Angeles Dodgers will play in Taiwan after scheduled starter Charlie Haeger was injured in an exhibition game, a report posted on the Dodgers official Web site said Tuesday.If Kuo indeed starts the March 14 game to be held in Kaohsiung, he will only pitch one inning, the report said. Dodgers manager Joe Torre announced that left-hander Eric Stults and right-hander Josh Towers will start for the Dodgers in the first two exhibition games to be played at Tienmu Stadium in Taipei on March 12 and 13. Kuo, who emerged as the Dodgers' top set-up man last year, pitched the fifth inning of his team's exhibition game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday and retired the side in order, striking out two. It was Kuo's first appearance in a spring training game this year. A split squad that according to the report on the Dodgers' Web site will include 13 players on the Major League roster will travel to Taiwan to battle an All-Star team from Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Aside from Kuo, the other top draws are expected to be Manny Ramirez and Taiwanese infielder Hu Chin-lung. The Dodgers have so far not revealed in which of the three games Ramirez will play. Another focal point of the series will be to see how Chen Chin-feng of the CPBL's La New Bears performs against his former team. Chen became the first Taiwanese baseball player to perform in the Major Leagues in September 2002 after being called up by the Dodgers. He appeared in 19 games between 2002 and 2005 for the big-league club before returning to Taiwan to play in 2006. While the Dodgers are in Taiwan, Kuo and Hu will join coaches Tim Wallach and Jim Slaton in hosting a clinic for young Taiwanese baseball players at Tienmu Stadium prior to Friday's game. Torre will meet with Taiwanese baseball promoters and experts in a seminar scheduled for March 13 to offer his recommendations on how Taiwan can develop the sport, particularly in light of the game-fixing problems that have plagued the CPBL. This story has been viewed 47 times. |
