Hollywood Blvd. News – Los Angeles Dodgers Edition
- Updated: January 1, 2015
We like to start our day searching the web and reading articles about our beloved LA sports teams. It’s easy to get lost in the depth of the inter web, but luckily for you we have compiled a list of the most interesting and pertinent news stories for your morning reading pleasure. For this edition, let’s dive into the news surrounding the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to sign a very controversial player:
“The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking into the possibility of signing Chin-hui Tsao who was banished from Taiwan’s league five years ago.
The 33 year-old was dismissed after being accused of conspiring to fix baseball games. Yahoo Sports reports that Tsao agreed to throw two games in exchange for “benefits” from gamblers.
“An investigation reportedly found Tsao had accepted these “benefits” (sex, among them) and was expected to throw those two games during the Chinese Professional Baseball League’s 2009 season. One game was rained out. The other didn’t come off because of lack of support in the locker room. His punishment was limited to expulsion from the league. Presumably he was saved further legal consequences because of his own inability to predict the weather or the competitive temperaments of his teammates.”
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Former Dodger player is heading back to Japan:
“According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com Hiroki Kuroda will be heading back to Japan to pitch for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Kuroda pitched for the Carp for ten years before coming to the United States back in 2007 when he join the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He spent four seasons in the Dodger Blue, and in 2011 pitched in over 200 innings. After the 2011 season, he signed with the Yankees and has been there ever since.
Kuroda who will turn 40 years old in February had a great season in the pinstripes last season. He went 11-9 and posted a 3.79 ERA.”
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