Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Back to Chicago
where the Dodgers will pin their hopes that Kershaw and Hill can deliver two wins to the shell shocked team. Nothing has gone right over the last two nights, starting pitching, relief pitching, defense, and offense all failed resulting in two blowouts by the Cubs. No need for a recap, it was all ugly. Roberts picked …
Kenta not Kershaw
will start for the Dodgers in Game 5. A fairly controversial decision given how poorly Kenta Maeda has pitched in his last four starts. He has yet to have a decent postseason game, and Kershaw just won his last game 1 – 0. You can see the reasons for either choice: Kenta – Pros He’s much …
Three no hit innings
was all we got last night when it came to highlights. Thanks to Dave Young I was able to join the sold-out crowd that came to Dodger Stadium to see the youngest starting postseason pitcher in history and for three innings he gave them what they came for. The fourth spot in the Dodger postseason …
2002 WS Rookie hero versus 2016 Rookie wonderkid
Game four of the NLCS has a tasty pitching matchup coming up tonight. The 37-year-old John Lackey has now thrown 131 postseason innings but once upon a time he was what Julio Urias is now, but just a little older. Lackey was a rookie in 2002 and only threw 108 innings during the regular season …
Redemption game
Rich Hill showed why the Dodger front office traded for him, Cory Seager showed why he’s the best rookie in baseball, Yazmani Grandal showed why fans shouldn’t worry about a slump in the postseason, Joe Blanton showed why one pitch won’t define his 2016 season, Yasiel Puig showed why you shouldn’t count him out, and …
LAD Postseason home run trivia
The grand slam is the holy grail but the three-run home run almost does the same amount of damage and is just as close to my heart. Vin Scully loved cheers, and nothing brings out the roar of the crowd like a three run or grand slam home run. Here are some LAD postseason trivia on …
LAD Postseason Home Runs by Series
Overall LAD Postseason home run leaders NLDS LAD Home run leaders NLCS LAD Home run leaders World Series LAD Home run leaders
LAD World Series Home Run Leaders
In the previous column we looked at LAD NLCS home run leaders, this time, we take a look at: LAD World Series Home Run Leaders: Name | Home Run Davey Lopes | 4 Reggie Smith | 4 Steve Yeager | 4 Ron Cey | 3 Charlie Neal | 2 Chuck Essegian | 2 Dusty Baker …
LAD NLCS Home Run Leaders
In the previous column we looked at LAD NLDS home run leaders, this time, we take a look at: LAD NLCS Home Run Leaders: Player Name | HR Steve Garvey | 7 Adrian Gonzalez | 3 Bill Madlock | 3 Dusty Baker | 3 Manny Ramirez | 3 Ron Cey | 3 Andre Ethier | …
LAD NLDS home run leaders
In the last article, we looked at all LAD postseason home runs. This time, we will break it down by series. This column looks at the NLDS leaders. LAD NLDS Postseason Home runs: Player Name | HR Adrian Gonzalez | 4 Carl Crawford | 3 Shawn Green | 3 Andre Ethier | 2 Corey Seager …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 