LA Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda Brushes Back The Phillies

The LA Dodgers Manny Ramirez and several other members of this Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team weren't happy that the Phillies pitching staff was taking the liberty of throwing high and inside on several occasions in the past couple of games and I was starting to think that our beloved Dodgers were a bunch of sissies...

And then Hiroki Kuroda, whom I didn't think had it in him, threw a 90+ mph fastball behind the head of Phillies Center fielder Shane Victorino and changed the way the Phillies approached each at bat.

When the inning was over Hiroki Kuroda went to cover first and continued jawing with Shane Victorino and Manny being Manny was at the front of the pack "yelling at anybody wearing red."

Memo to Chad Billingsley:

That's how you defend your team mates and that's how you earn their respect...

When a guy like Manny Ramirez says he'd like to have an idiot like Phillies pitcher Brett Myers pitching on his team (because he has the balls to throw high and inside) he was sending a message to pitchers on his team and I hope Chad Billingsley was listening.

Chad Billingsley is an excellent pitcher and he's got great stuff with a big future in front of him but he's going to have to learn how to protect his hitters if he wants them to give him a chance at winning.

When asked why he wouldn't throw inside Billingsley responded by saying he tried but couldn't get it inside enough...

Whatever bi@#h...

You're a major league pitcher with pretty damn good control and the next time you take the mound you better be throwing at somebody's head... personally I'd like to see someone throw at Brett Myers head the next time he gets to the plate.

The LA Dodgers need to send this clown a message...

He's the same broken down pitcher he was last year and earlier this year when he was sent down to the minors to figure stuff out. The only difference now is he's throwing inside to intimidate hitters and when he does that... when any pitcher does that your pitcher has to stand up for you and throw right back!

Props to Hiroki Kuroda. This guy was pumped up and he looked like he wanted a piece of somebody and with one pitch he put the LA Dodgers right back in this series.

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Derek Lowe is going tonight on short rest for the Dodgers and Joe Torre has decided to use a 3 man rotation for the remainder of this series due to the extra day off between game 4 and 5.

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