Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Today made me realize why I loved Dick Enberg
I had to go to the Clipper game today at 12:30, the plan was to watch the game at Staples and catch the Giant/Packer game at an LA Live eatery before heading home to see what the beautiful people were up to at the Golden Globes. The Clippers played their part in the plan by running …
You can’t take it with you
Five years ago Charles F Feeney promised to give away his billions and this most amazing philanthropist kept that promise. It was a race: Mr. Feeney was then 81, and Atlantic Philanthropies, a collection of private foundations he had started and funded, still had about $1.5 billion left. Flinging money out the window or writing …
Pedophile?
A Los Angeles councilperson is proposing that single adults be banned from playgrounds. Now, the city’s extensive collection of swing sets, monkey bars and slides is at the center of a debate over a City Hall proposal to bar adults unaccompanied by children from entering playgrounds in parks. Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell’s proposal — aimed at protecting children but criticized …
Can Trevena revolutionize pain medicine?
Trevena is one of my favorite stock to follow in 2017 for two reasons. As a speculative stock, this investment is Mark Trumbo in that it can either hit a mega bagger home run or strike out four times leaving you with nothing. This pharma has the ability to change how acute pain medicine is delivered …
Sleeping with Under Armour and Tom Brady
Under Armour has announced their pajamas created in conjunction with Tom Brady to get you a better night sleep, so when you slip back to hit your favorite target in the end zone you won’t have those sleep devils troubling your vision. The six-part Tom Brady system for a better sleep to help you become a better …
No reunion with Rubby
Old friend Rubby De La Rosa re-signed with the Diamondbacks on a minor league deal this past week. His late season arm issues put a damper on his services but in a winter where pitching is at a premium, I’m still surprised that all he was able to muster was a minor league deal. De …
We have some answers
Back in November, I asked these questions and while we don’t have all the answers we have a few: Will the Dodgers go hard after their free agents since they don’t have any current replacements for either player and both players were at least in the top five at their position? – Yes, they signed …
Players Who Died, died
The madcap poetic romp through Jim Carrol’s People who Died, died always struck me long before I knew anything about the Basketball Diaries. Jim wrote this iconic song in 1980, and Jim himself died in 2009 of a simple heart attack. People live, people die, these are the baseball players who died in 2016, and here …
Alex Wood’s time may be now
When you play the what if game for 2016, Alex Wood plays a prominent part in my mind. If not for the injury would Wood have kept pitching at a high level as he had from April 29th – May 30th before going down with the elbow debridement? Could a healthy Wood have helped the …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 