Dodgers starting pitcher headed to Japan in 2011?

Dodgers Hiroki pitcher Kuroda refuted the accuracy of a report that appeared in a Japanese sporting newspaper quoting an anonymous club source saying that he intends to play in Japan next season. Kuroda, 35, is in the final year of a three-year, $35.3-million contract and will be a free agent in the winter. “I really haven’t decided anything,” Kuroda said. — LA Times