Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
LAD Postseason HR Leaders
When Adrian Gonzalez hit his game-changing home run on Sunday Night he moved into 2nd place among all LAD postseason home run leaders. LAD PostSeason Home Run Leaders: Player | HR Steve Garvey | 10 Adrian Gonzalez | 7 Davey Lopes | 6 Ron Cey | 6 Dusty Baker | 5 Manny Ramirez | 5 …
Third time the charm?
The Dodgers will be sending Rich Hill to the mound for the third time this postseason, and for the 3rd time, they will be hoping for some semblance of the pitcher who wowed them in early September. It is almost as though when Dave Roberts pulled Rich Hill from his perfect game on Sept 10th 2016, …
The Minotaur is unleashed upon the World
It is a small but cool club that knows about Clayton Kershaw and The Minotaur. The club involved those who were with Dodger Thoughts circa 2007 when Clayton Kershaw was doing things that seemed mythical while in the minor leagues. I may be missing some facts but I’m pretty sure that as we talked more …
Kershaw gives the people what they want
This was the game that we had all been waiting for. Sure, Kershaw has pitched well since the debacle in Saint Louis, but nothing like what we knew he could do. This was our Kershaw, the one we have seen every fifth day since 2010. The one who has staked his claim as the best …
Clem Labine wants to know what is the big deal?
as does Larry Sherry, Mike Marshall, Steve Howe, and even Bob Welch. A lot of attention has come to Kenley Jansen for getting seven outs, and I guess in today’s game he deserves it. From a historical perspective, it wasn’t that special but we know better. It made me curious just how many Dodgers have done …
1000 questions, 1000 answers
Who needs an Echocardiogram when you have a Dodger postseason game to test your heart? I’ve watched a lot of Dodger postseason games, but from a pure stress level from beginning to end the game last night might have been the most stressful and fulfilling this century. The Lima game was fun, but you knew …
Going down the checklist
Last night I noted what the Dodgers might need to do to win a game five. How did they do? Corey Seager to get a hit outside of the 1st inning – negatory Rich Hill to get fifteen outs and a lead – negatory Yaz Grandal to not leave the bases loaded – another bad …
Tonight would be a good night for
Corey Seager to get a hit outside of the 1st inning Rich Hill to get fifteen outs and a lead Yaz Grandal to not leave the bases loaded Adrian Gonzalez to continue on the hot streak he started Wednesday Turner to continue to break postseason records Trea Turner to never reach base Daniel Murphy to stop …
Good time for the FO manuevering to pay off
The Dodger front office has their hands all over this fifth game. Their top trade deadline acquisition will be starting and trying to prove that trading three pitching prospects for a blister on a hill was the right move. All Rich Hill has to do is what he did last Sunday but for more than twelve …
Remove the home ump
from making calls on balls and strikes? Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel took a look at it. While Major League Baseball claims that its umpires get nearly 97% of the calls right… Professor Moskowitz found that since 2013 the umpires are actually only about 88% accurate… that they get 1 out of every 8 calls …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 