Hong-Chih Kuo Got Kidnapped by Pirates
May 11, 2011 at 2:14 pm | Posted in Hong-Chih Kuo | 30 Comments
Presented without further comment, via Dylan Hernandez:
Mattingly said he can’t say what’s wrong with Kuo until the #Dodgers get league approval.
Okay, that’s a lie, because there’s definitely more comment. That’s a follow-up to an earlier tweet in which Hernandez noted that Kuo had been sent to the DL, with Scott Elbert recalled. Hernandez then followed with this doozy:
Are you expecting Kuo to return this year? Mattingly: “it’s hard for me to answer that.”
This could be any one of a billion things, and the way this season has gone, not a single one of them would surprise me. As I joked on Twitter, perhaps he was eaten by bears. (My favorite line was from one follower who noted, “Maybe his treatment is going to cost more than $5k, thus need for approval.”) Maybe he’s captured by space aliens. Maybe he got arrested for trying to hold up a bank. Maybe he went to Venezuela to find Ronald Belisario. Would anything at all, at this point, shock you? Let’s hear your best suggestions in the comments.
Of course, far more likely it’s something that’s immensely sad or depressing, especially for a guy who’s fought through as much as he has. Let’s hope it’s not that – but we’ll have to wait and see.
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Maybe he threw out his back while laughing at Loney taking batting practice.
Comment by Dave— May 11, 2011 #
rofl
Comment by DodgersKings323— May 11, 2011 #
Lol I like this.
Comment by crushinator— May 11, 2011 #
the Dodgers have announced the move of Hong-Chih Kuo from relief pitcher to first base, replacing the slumping Loney. over the next several weeks, Kuo bats .290, with 3 home runs.
Comment by format— May 11, 2011 #
Remember the bat flip after that dinger against the Mets? That was rad.
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— May 11, 2011 #
that was 2006 right? I remember LOL he is still more dangerous at the plate then loney right now
Comment by format— May 11, 2011 #
2006… That was around the same time as Loney’s last extra base hit, wasn’t it?
Comment by Dave— May 11, 2011 #
He has SAD? Hopefully he comes back like the Greinke, i hope he did go looking for Ronald Belisario.
Comment by DodgersKings323— May 11, 2011 #
Better than SIDS.
Comment by Gregory Zakwin— May 11, 2011 #
Loving the diagnosis of SAD! Very “Official sounding”, but I thought that was Juan Uribe’s problem?
Comment by Docnieto— May 11, 2011 #
Schizoaffective disorder? No. But you really shouldnt poke fun at the poor kid like that. Baseball is a crazy hard game.
Comment by SFDodgerFan— May 11, 2011 #
I was at a band rehearsal that was interrupted by someone barging in and saying, “You HAVE to see what Kuo just did.” We spent the rest of the night imitating the bat flip. You bet it was rad.
Comment by jimishelter— May 11, 2011 #
Does anyone know where a video of that exists?
Comment by Bip— May 11, 2011 #
You can catch a glimpse of it here: http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070612&content_id=2021941&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
Comment by Bill Grabarkewitz— May 12, 2011 #
Just pure speculation, but maybe he failed a drug test. I hope I’m way off.
Comment by Archivist— May 11, 2011 #
It was pointed out to me that he got put on the disabled list, not the restricted list, though it would hardly be the first time that the initial report wasn’t entirely accurate on things like that.
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— May 11, 2011 #
Another tweet from Dylan: Do you think Kuo will ever pitch again? Mattingly: “Yeah, I do.”
Comment by nsxtasy— May 11, 2011 #
I’m not sure how much to take from that. Was Don ever really going to respond to that with a laugh and a “hellllll no!” ?
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— May 11, 2011 #
Retirement? Need for another arm surgery?
Comment by Ed— May 11, 2011 #
Dylan tweets: “I’m told Kuo’s issue is psychological. Related to the yips he had a couple of years ago.”
Comment by nsxtasy— May 11, 2011 #
BTW, I was NOT joking with this post. http://twitter.com/#!/dylanohernandez
Comment by nsxtasy— May 11, 2011 #
Kuo disappeared in the Springfield mystery spot.
Comment by Alex— May 11, 2011 #
Maybe he pulled his arms off?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4090/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-all-drug-olympics
Comment by Scott— May 11, 2011 #
Colletti needed a reason to trade a top prospect or two for a reliever, so he asked Kuo to take some time off.
Comment by Gregory Zakwin— May 11, 2011 #
The Dodgers have announced that Kuo will go on the DL instead of Hawksworth, who hurt his groin on Tuesday, as Hawksworth has pitched considerably better than Kuo this year.
Comment by M. Thomas— May 11, 2011 #
Maybe it’s not an anxiety disorder, maybe Jonathan Broxton sat on Kuo’s elbow. Because we all know emotional issues couldn’t possibly exist in sports.
Comment by winnicott— May 11, 2011 #
No, he’d be dead if Broxton sat on him.
Comment by JohnM— May 11, 2011 #
On the Prime Ticket broadcast, it says he’s out with an anxiety disorder :/
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Funny thing I noticed. The Dodger ads on TV are of the form “It’s time for…” and then it says something like “Nancy Bea” or “the voice of summer,” referring to Vin Scully. Well, the most recent one I saw said “It’s time for visualization techniques” while it showed Loney taking batting practice, and after he hit the ball it would cut to either a double or a home run that happened in a game. It did this three times. So, whoever put together this comercial had to either take a hit from a previous season or one from someone other than James Loney. I wonder if James Loney imagines other people getting hits while he takes batting practice.
Comment by Bip— May 11, 2011 #
Kuo was sick of losing and decided to take his talents to South Beach.
Comment by JohnM— May 11, 2011 #
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