Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
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 …
The absolute best thing about the Giants losing
was that I won’t have to listen to whiny Dodger fans explain how lucky the Giants are over and over to justify how they and the Cardinals have pretty much owned National League 21st century baseball. How lucky have the Giants and Cardinals been in the 21st century? Three World Championships for the Giants, Two …
Murphy drives in four
but Dodgers still manage to eek out a one-run victory to send both teams back to the Nations Capital for the deciding game five on Thursday night. On Monday the Dodgers held Murphy in check and lost handily 8 – 3, on Tuesday Murphy, drove in four of the Nationals five runs and yet the …
David Ross shoves Bob Boone aside
Driving home from the exhilarating Dodger game I had a hard time finding the Cub/Giant game but finally zeroed in on .830 on the AM dial to hear Dan Schulman and Aaron Boone. A few minutes later Ex-Dodger David Ross slugged a home run and the only thing notable about it was that it had tied …
The decision awaits
Dodger fans had to wait until almost midnight to find out when the Dodgers would be playing today but that decision was based on a specific outcome. The Dodger front office has a bigger decision to make as they consider multiple variables and ramifications. They have a 20 team analyst staff, numbers will be crunched, …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 