Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
The LAD have had eleven ROY winners and Frank Hondo Howard was the 1st
At 6’7 Frank Howard was a behemoth among baseball players, particularly in 1958 when the Dodgers signed him out of Ohio State University. Howard would actually join the Dodgers for a brief time in 1958 in Sept after hitting for an OPS of 1.067 in the minor leagues. Howard would again join the team briefly in …
Big Papi knows how to say good night right
Big Papi is in town but it is doubtful Dodger fans will get much of a glimpse of the big man on the field this weekend. The DH was made for David Ortiz and since we play real baseball in Los Angeles he’ll probably have to spend this weekend watching more baseball than he usually …
Seager Catches Puig on LAD Rookie Home Run Leaderboard
There was a time when Corey Seager was on a pace to break the Mike Piazza home run LAD rookie leaderboard but that pace has come and gone. Piazza hit his 19th home run on July 19th and never looked back on his way to 35. While Corey is probably out of the running for …
Corey Seager catches Hanley Ramirez
Corey Seager was having a tough series at Coors field until he launched his 19th home run last night. The home run was significant because it tied Corey with Hanley Ramirez for most home runs by a LAD shortstop. Hanley hit 20 home runs in 2013 but one came as a DH, so he only …
The season depends on Bud Norris and Rich Hill? Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Either the Dodger FO is shockingly brilliant or a lug nut loose. The Dodger rotation for the month of August appears to be counting heavily on two pitchers who are currently hurt, and who were weren’t even a blip on the major league radar a year ago today. Rich Hill tested his blister and said …
Dodgers lose 12 – 2 starting a rookie in Coors, Giants lose 5 -4 using Cueto, I call that a win
If the Dodger offense wasn’t going to step up to the plate last night the Dodgers had little chance of a victory so Brock Stewart getting blown out or giving up four runs the end result probably wouldn’t have mattered. I don’t get the use of Urias for three innings but that is another whole …
Remember when Joe Mauer was one of the best young hitters in baseball?
If the Cleveland Indians had forgotten they were reminded this week. Mauer completely dismantled the vaunted Cleveland rotation spraying hits reminiscent of the days when Mauer was considered one of the top hitters in baseball. In the just concluded three-game set against the first place Tribe. 10 hits 5 doubles 1 triple 1 home runs …
Scott Schebler comes back from AAA with a vengeance
We all have different ways of watching/rooting for baseball/Dodgers and I’ll admit my way may not be the norm. I may root for the laundry but I also root for the players, and even when they are no longer in the Dodger organization if I liked them I’ll follow them for a long time. Scott …
Beleaguered rotation turns to Brock Stewart while awaiting Hill / Anderson and word on Kershaw
Brandon McCarthy did the rotation nor bullpen any favors last night failing for the second start in a row to get at least fifteen outs. In his previous start, McCarthy got only twelve outs, but could manage only nine outs last night, putting a lot of pressure on a bullpen that might be tasked once …
Dodger fans get their first look at David Dahl
the Rockies answer to Cory Seager. Well, Trevor Story is the answer to Cory Seager, but now they have two answers. The arrival of Dahl has been highly anticipated by Rockie fans ever since he was the Rockies number one pick (12th overall) in 2012. His rapid rise to the major leagues took a detour …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 