Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. TIMES has piece today on Dodger Hiroki Kuroda that starts out as a lament from Kuroda over being fined for plunking Phillies batters last season (while Brett Myers was not) and ends with Kuroda recounting strange childhood punishments including a youth baseball training camp that sounded more like concentration camp.

(Kuroda as Mike Scioscia)

Of course, I preferred the latter portion of the piece, especially with it including non-sequitur nudity. Read more…