So as you all know by now, Saito is out for six weeks with a strained ligament in his elbow. You knew it was bad when the trainers sprinted out to him on July 12, just before the All-Star break. I watched that game, and it really didn’t look that bad, but he was obviously [...]

It’s hard to believe that the Dodgers’ 5-2 victory last night over the Reds was the first time a Japanese pitcher (Saito) had saved a game for a Japanese starter (Kuroda) in the majors.  Ken Gurnick, of course, was all over the story.  Call me crazy, but that’s pretty cool!  One thing that I don’t [...]