Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Mikaela Mayer – someone to root for
For the first time in my life, I have an almost direct connection to an Olympic Athlete giving me someone to really root for. Her name is Mikaela Mayer and she is competing in the lightweight boxing division in Rio. It is not my connection it is my wife’s but I’ll take it. My wife …
Simone and Simone
Sometimes it is hard for me to root for the country with the largest contingent of athletes going against tiny little David’s but within the massive number of US Athletes, little stories become big. Simone Biles proved that she was the best female gymnast in the world and did it in such a fashion that …
Merry Go Round Rotation
One day Rich Hill is pitching one day he is not. Over and over the merry go round goes, when Rich Hill will actually pitch no one knows. Might as well call him Scratch Hill at this point. The Dodgers have had two constants in the rotation all year, Kenta Maeda and Scott Kazmir. Having …
Trevor Oaks hurls seven-plus shutout innings for Oklahoma Dodgers
As the Dodgers play musical chairs with their rotation, Trevor Oaks wants to make sure they don’t forget about him by throwing seven-plus shutout innings. Oaks coming off one of his worse starts got twenty-two outs, gave up six hits and zero runs. The 2014, 7th round pick is now 13 – 3 on the season …
Can Corey Seager duplicate what Fred Lynn did in 1975?
The legend of Corey Seager continues to grow, and as the Dodgers inexplicably climbed back into a tie with the Giants for first place in the NL West the MVP chatter has started to grow. With good reason, because Corey epitomises to me what an MVP is. I’ve always been on the outside looking in …
Jharel Cotton almost perfect, credits Nashville pitching coach for new found success
Jharel Cotton was traded on August 1st to the Oakland A’s, and in his second start for his new organization pitched the greatest game of his career coming within one out of a perfect game. It was also probably the greatest game pitched in the minor leagues this year. Baseball America did a small write up: …
The game that Vin Scully got a little ahead of himself
I only have one Greg Brock story and it is very ingrained into my brain. In 1983 Greg Brock had the misfortune of replacing Steve Garvey at 1st base. The iconic Dodger left for San Diego as a free agent, and 1st base was handed to Greg Brock. Brock had put up massive numbers in the …
Seager jumps past Karros and Brock on LAD Rookie home run leaderboard.
With those two home runs last night Seager leapfrogged past Eric Karros and Greg Brock into fourth place on the LAD rookie home run leaderboard. Only Mike Piazza, Joc Pederson, and Frank Hondo Howard are now in front of Seager. Player HR Year Age PA OPS Pos Mike Piazza (RoY-1st) 35 1993 24 602 0.932 …
If you don’t think a rotation that can’t get 15 outs a game isn’t problematic, think again
The Dodgers have made 112 starts in 2016 and in 51 of those starts the rotation has gotten a maximum of 15 outs. In those 51 starts, the team is 22 – 29. If you drop it by one out, meaning a pitcher has not been able to go at least five innings the numbers …
Brett Anderson finishes up 3rd rehab game and looks ready to join the beleaguered rotation.
Normally you want a pitcher who hasn’t pitched since last October to get around four or five rehab starts but Brett Anderson is already doing what everyone else is doing in the Dodger rotation. Getting fifteen outs or less. Given the state of the rotation, it would make sense that they simply slot Brett into …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 