DODGERS NOTEBOOK : THOUGH FOOT HURTS, DESHIELDS BACK.

Delino DeShields returned to the Dodgers' lineup Friday night, unencumbered by any protective devices to shield the top of his right foot.

``My foot hurts,'' said DeShields, who sat out three games after fouling a ball off the top of his instep Monday night. ``But it hurts worse when I put something on it. I just want to be able to move around.''

DeShields says he was glad that Chad Fonville got some playing time at second base during his absence. And DeShields, who is signed only through this season and has endured his share of frustrations with the Dodgers, pondered aloud his future.

``You never know what's going to happen (in '97),'' he said. ``I'm planning on playing here, but I would like to see Chad play every day before he gets to be 30 years old.

``It might be time for me to try something different.''

It's advisable to take DeShields' words with a grain of salt. At this time last year, while battling a hip injury, he discussed the prospect of retirement - at age 26.

Familiar faces: Pitcher Chan Ho Park on Friday afternoon dropped by the Los Angeles hotel of the Korean national baseball team, which will visit Dodger Stadium tonight.

Park, a member of that team in '93, said, ``There are only a couple of players on the national team that I played with. Guys my own age this year finished school and went into the professional leagues in Korea. Many players change.''

The Korean team, in preparation for the Olympics this summer in Atlanta, is practicing at USC and will be on a tour of California, playing college and minor-league teams.

Also: Brett Butler, at home in Georgia recovering from a tonsillectomy and preparing for cancer surgery and treatment, was able to get out Friday to attend the eighth-grade graduation of daughter Abbi, 13. . . . The New York Yankees reportedly are interested in Mark Guthrie, the Dodgers' infrequently used left-handed relief pitcher.