Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Dodgers blogs check in on an incredible weekend
Eric Stephen hits a perfect note Pedro Moura fills in for Andy Cut4 at MLB.com says they have everything you need to see and hear about Vin’s last game at Dodger Stadium. Jon Weisman is churning out story after story but this was one was what I was looking for or maybe it was this …
Do bad choices make great stories?
While riding the metro home from the Rose Bowl on Saturday Night I was struck by a jacket I saw on a young woman between 20 – 22. Her jacket proudly said on the back: Bad Choices Make Great Stories She could have been part of the group I’d hung out with at X concerts …
Vin sings
When word first came out that something “shocking” would happen on Vin’s last day, I jokingly said he’d be singing the National Anthem. I really hoped that it would involve singing. Writers all over the continent who actually knew Vin are busy writing why he was so important to this town or to the baseball …
The magic of 58
I’m going to turn 58 on Nov 24th this year. I was born in 1958 and I told Dave Young how cool I thought this was, that I was born in 1958 and would be celebrating my 58th birthday this year. He was unimpressed. But you know, 1958 was a pretty good year. I was …
A Hollywood ending that even Hollywood couldn’t write
The day that should have had so much promise started out with the horrible news that baseball had lost one of its great stars in a fishing boat accident. Winning a pennant now seemed inconsequential. Witnessing the last calls of Vin at home was already going to make for a stressful day, losing Jose Fernandez …
Horrible Sunday morning
Getting my car washed at 08:00 AM at a local carwash charity for Sebastian Bordonaro so he could get his service dog I had time to check out the twitter feed. I was expecting lots of Dodger love but instead, I got a punch to the gut. My favorite pitcher died this morning, an inspirational …
Met fans are being taken on quite a ride
As the Mets struggle to keep up with the Giants and Cardinals in the Wild Card race despite their ravaged rotation, their fans are being treated to a great game after great game. The ending may not always be what they are hoping for, but the drama is coming at them in spades. For the …
Yazmani Grandal and the big RBI game
Since Yazmani Grandal joined the team in 2015, he has had some big games, so how does his big games compare against his Dodger peers over the same time span? Pretty damn good. If we look at LAD since 2015 to have driven in at least five runs: Eleven times in that period a LAD …
Grandal and the LAD switch hitting home run numbers
LAD Switch Hitters with two or more home runs in a game: 38 times a switch hitter has hit at least two home runs in a game Grandal has now done it four times in only two years Reggie Smith did it six times over a three year period 1976 – 1978 Eddie Murray did …
Wild, wild card night ends with losses for everyone
Ender Inciarte made sure the Mets couldn’t pull ahead of either the Cardinals or Giants with this walk off catch. ATL@NYM: Inciarte pulls back potential walk-off homer https://t.co/mu3IqXSMNu via @mlb — Phil Gurnee (@meercatjohn) September 22, 2016 While the Mets were losing to the Braves, the Cardinals were blasted by the Rockies 11 – 1, and …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 