"Lucky to be alive" Kuroda put on injured reserveLos Angeles Dodgers "Dodgers" and "Brooklyn Dodgers" redirect here. For the American football team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). For the Eastern Basketball Association team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (basketball). right-handed pitcher Noun 1. right-handed pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand right-hander baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played Hiroki Kuroda Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹, born February 10, 1975) is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He led the league with a 1. , who says he is "lucky to be alive" after a ball hit him in the head, was placed upon the Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. disabled list. The Japanese hurler's headaches have decreased since he was struck in the head by a live driver on Saturday at Arizona, but he continues to recover from post-concussion effects and has finally watched videotape of the play. "Now I've seen it and I feel lucky to be alive," Kuroda said through a translator on Wednesday. "I feel like I'm going forward. The first two days I had a hard time sleeping and I even had a dream about getting hit." Dodgers right-handed pitcher Jeff Weaver will replace Kuroda on the mound Thursday when Los Angeles will face the Chicago Cubs. 
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