Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
TC – 4 – Buffalo Springfield / Neil Young / Poco
Tape Chronicles Tape four was a major disappointment as the tape was unplayable. Side A was Buffalo Springfield Retrospective one of my favorite 60 bands. So much great stuff, Mr. Soul one of my favorite songs 50 years ago and today. Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing is something I’ll always sing with when I put …
Jim Bowden goes bold
In a recent ESPN insider column, Jim Bowden predicted that Cody Bellinger would be the Dodgers starting left fielder. This led to some twitter ridicule but to be fair the headline for the column is “Bold Spring Training Predictions” so the predictions are supposed to be outside the lines. If your bold predictions don’t get …
Pitching fWAR last ten years
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed fWAR for pitchers in this decade courtesy of Bobby Down’s research. Today we will take a look at the last ten years and once again it was Bobby Down who did the heavy lifting. I’m just here to make pithy comments about the list. There was no doubt …
Rotational depth
I wonder how the rotational depth is going to play out among the 10 rotational options. They removed a key player in 2017 by trading Jose De Leon for Logan Forsythe but they still have many options. When we did the roster a few days ago you couldn’t help but notice that the Dodgers could …
TC – 3 – Bob Seger – Nine Tonight
Tape Chronicles: Bob Seger was a fav back in the 1980’s but I don’t listen to him much anymore though as I’m listening to this tape maybe I should. Tape number three has his live album Nine Tonight that was recorded in 1981 and contained most of his good stuff. The Detroit rocker could play …
Updated hurlers for hire
Back on 12/19, I took a look at where the plethora of ex-Dodger hurlers are ending up. At the time Shawn Tolleson, Rubby, Withrow, and Eovaldi didn’t have new homes. With the news that Eovaldi just signed with the Rays, I can update the list. The Rays will pay $2M in 2017 for Eovaldi while he …
Tape Chronicles
I recently re-did my music library and had to make a decision about my cassette recordings. Back in the day, you recorded your albums onto tapes so you could listen to them on the drive, in your ha ha Sony Walkman, or the boombox you took to the beach. I had made well over 100 …
Tape Chronicles – 2 – Neil Young Harvest & Harvest Moon
The Tape Chronicles: Number two is an artist that will show up time and time again. From his work with Buffalo Springfield – Crazy Horse – CSNY – Solo artist, Neil Young would be one of my finalists for an island artist. This tape combines his earlier sentinel work Harvest created in 1972 with the …
Rotisserie rotation
Rotisserie drafts are about to start in earnest and preceding these drafts are all sorts of analysis about who to draft and why. I’ve already finished two drafts and will be finishing up a 3rd this week. I peruse Rotowire, BaseballHQ, and Fangraphs to help me get a leg up or at least stay relevant. …
Updated LAD roster
With the addition of Chase Utley and Franklin Gutierrez to the roster, the Dodgers now have a more solidified bench with both of them joining Austin Barnes as a lock to start the season on the 25 man roster unless injuries pop up. Here is the updated roster from my point of view. In a …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 