각리그 올해의 선수로 선정된 고든과 BCG

Dodger minor league shortstop Dee Gordon and outfielder Brian Cavazos-Galvez were named Topps/Minor League Players of the Year for their respective leagues. The Dodgers joined the Rays and Yankees as the only franchises with multiple winners among the 16 domestic Minor Leagues.
각 마이너리그에 올해의 선수의 명단이 나왔습니다. 다저스의 마이너선수중에서는 디 고든과 브라이언 카바조스-갈베스가 미드웨스트리그와 파이오니아리그의 선수로 선정되었습니다. 총 16개의 레벨중에 다저스외에 템파와 양키스만이 두 개이상의 레벨에서 올해의 선수 수상자가 나왔습니다.

Gordon won the honors in the Single-A Midwest League, batting .301 with a league-leading 73 steals and 12 triples for the Great Lakes Loons. Gordon also earned the Branch Rickey Award as the Dodgers' Minor League Player of the Year, Midwest League Prospect of the Year, and league co-Most Valuable Player. He was also selected to Baseball America's Mid-Season Minor League All-Star team for all levels of play and to the league's mid-season and postseason All-Star teams. The 21-year-old ranked among the leaders for all full-season minor league players in steals (second), in triples (tied for eighth), in hits (11th), and in runs (15th) in his second year in professional baseball after being selected in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.

Cavazos-Galvez claimed the award for the Rookie-advanced Pioneer League, batting .322 with a league-leading 18 homers for the Ogden Raptors. Cavazos-Galvez, 22, won the league's Most Valuable Player Award and was named to the league All-Star team after being selected in the 12th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of New Mexico. He also led the circuit with 97 hits, 50 extra base hits, 59 runs, and 29 doubles, and also ranked second in the league with 63 RBI. Brian's father, Balvino Galvez, played eight seasons in the Dodger organization, pitching in 10 games for the Dodgers in 1986, his lone Major League experience.
고든과 BCG는 올해 그 리그의 MVP에도 선정되면서 그들의 가치를 높였습니다. 단지 두 선수모두 나이가 조금 많다는게 걸리네요. 너무 하위레벨이라서 두 선수모두 지켜보는게 중요하겠죠.

The 2009 National League West Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers announced today that right-hander Hiroki Kuroda will donate $100,000 to the Dodgers Dream Foundation, with a portion also benefitting the team's official charity, ThinkCure!
구로다가 10만달러를 다저스 공식 기부단체인 ThinkCure와 다저스 드림 파운데이션에 기부했습니다.
자신의 연봉과 올시즌 활약을 생각해보면 "0"하나 더 붙여도....-_-;;

"I've lost both of my parents to cancer, and I'd like to help in any way I can to eradicate this awful disease," said Kuroda. "My parents gave me my life. By continuing to be active in helping to end this sickness, I feel like I'm repaying them out of gratitude. I would like to lend my hand to anyone who is fighting cancer."
구로다의 양친이 모두 암으로 운명하셨나 봅니다. 해서 이렇게 기부했다네요.

Kuroda became the seventh Japanese player in Dodger history joining the Dodgers in 2008. Kuroda was the Dodgers' 2009 Opening Day starter and overcame injuries to go 8-7 with a 3.76 ERA in 21 games (20 starts).

In 2009, Kuroda participated in the Dodgers' Community Caravan and the ThinkCure! Radiotelewebethon. Last year, Kuroda visited Washington Accelerated Elementary in Pasadena and served Dodger fans lunch alongside his teammates at the Panda Inn as part of the Dodgers' annual Community Caravan. Following the 2008 season, Kuroda donated $100,000 to DDF and ThinkCure!
작년에도 10만달러를 기부했나봅니다. 근대 이거 계약상에 있는거네요-0-
Kuroda to donate $0.1M to club charity.

In 2009, the Dodgers and the Dodgers Dream Foundation assisted more than 3,800 local youth organizations by renovating baseball fields in the community, through player appearances, and by donating more than 103,000 tickets, autographed memorabilia, donation of used equipment and much more. Last season, the Dodgers Dream Foundation affected hundreds of thousands of local youth through its various programs.

ThinkCure!, an innovative, community-based non-profit that accelerates collaborative research to cure cancers, was launched in July 2007 by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the McCourt family, City of Hope, and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. More than $2.9 million in funding has been raised to champion a cure for cancer since ThinkCure!'s founding.