Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Giants / Dodgers give possible rotational postseason preview
As the Giants come into town for their most important series, the Dodgers will be throwing at them what should be the exact same three pitchers that the Nationals will see when the NLDS series opens. Even the order might be the same as Kershaw / Hill / Maeda are scheduled to pitch the three-game …
Mets topple Giants from top of the Wild Card race
From May 15th until Aug 9th the Giants were on top of the NL Western Division, at times the lead was eight games. When the Dodgers sliced that one time eight game lead to even stephen on Aug 9th, the Giants went from being the NL West leaders to the Wild Card leaders. For a few …
Cardinals and Mets stage late innings comebacks
The Cardinals were down a run in the 9th inning but they had one thing going for them, the Giant bullpen, and once again that bullpen failed to hold a lead. The Cardinals rallied for two runs to beat the Giants 3 – 2. It was almost a must-win for the Cardinals because if they …
Toles now 15 – 3 in games started
and 8 – 1 since being recalled on August 21st. The only time the LAD have lost when Andrew Toles has started since August 21st was the brilliant performance by Jose Fernandez at his home field in Miami. Toles showed off one his many tools last night when he threw out Tomas from left field …
Sean Reader is still in our thoughts
With September being Child Cancer Awareness Month, I’m remembering the children who have passed away from Cancer/Leukemia that had an impact on my life. On Opening Day in 2007, the Dodgers presented Sean’s mother and father with seats from Dodger stadium. On the pair of seats is a plate that reads “In Memory of Sean …
William Christopher Caldwell
“I hope your child never has cancer” are tough advertisements for me to watch over and over during the Dodger games. Children’s Hospital has become one of the more prominent Dodger sponsors on SportsNetLA. The children in the photos are all too familiar to me and every time I see the commercials it just reminds of …
Giants widen Wild Card lead
Behind Johnny Cueto the Giants widened their wild card lead by defeating the Cardinals, one of the teams chasing them 6 – 2. Cueto did what he’s being paid to do, and the Giant offense woke up against Adam Wainwright. Combine that with the Mets having an off day, the Giants now have a one-game …
Toles takes starting record to 14 – 3
Even when Andrew Toles does nothing, the team is so comfortable with him starting they win anyway. For the second start in a row, Andrew Toles didn’t do much to help the team win, going hitless in three at-bats in the 2 – 0 victory. On Monday Toles at least got a hit and scored …
Giants try to give Wild card away but Mets and Cardinals refuse the gift
Once again all the main players in the NL Wild Card race lost leaving everything status quo. The three teams combined to score one run with the Mets and Cardinals getting shut out. The Giants were swept by the Padres when Luis Perdomo beat Madson Bumgarner 3 – 1. The Padres have swept two series this …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 