Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda was dinged in the head and knocked to the ground tonight by a line drive from Arizona Diamondbacks Rusty Ryal. Awkward elevator music played for what seemed like decades as the emergency cart came out and twenty people worked to get the pitcher off the field. Kuroda signaled to onlookers as he was being hauled away at 3 mph by lifting his hand in the air.
CT scans have shown no signs of fracture or internal bleeding, which is a great sign. Kuroda never lost consciousness, and has been diagnosed with only a concussion. He will remain in St. Joseph's hospital overnight for observation.
I say he's out for the season, but we'll see.
The Dodgers (and by Dodgers, I mean Jonathan Broxton) went on to blow the game for Kuroda in the tenth inning. I'm having nightmares of last year's NLCS all over again. Get it together, boys.
