Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
History of the Los Angeles Dodger All-Star selections
The greatest baseball franchise has a rich history in the all-star game, with multiple MVP winners. You’d be hard pressed to find a Dodger pitcher who was scored upon in 58 years of Dodger all-star appearances. Don Drysdale holds the all-star record with 19 strikeouts and won back to back games in 1967 and 1968, …
LAD All-Stars, 1962 – 1969, Koufax, Drysdale, and Wills era
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale would dominate the golden era of Los Angeles Dodger baseball. The team would appear in three World Series in a span of five years and win two World Championships, and it is possible the best team was the 1962 team which didn’t even get to the World Series. Sandy Koufax, …
07/15/2016 – Diamondback Preview – Beware the Lamb
Most Dodger fans are rightly scared of Paul Goldschmidt, but in 2016 they might want to pan out and take in Jake Lamb. The National League is loaded with elite 3rd baseman. Nolan Arenado and Kris Bryant vaulted themselves into the same conversation as Matt Carpenter last year. This year Jake Lamb has thrown his …
LAD All-Stars 1958 – 1960, the beginning
Fitting that Johnny Podres who pitched the greatest game in Brooklyn Dodger history would be the first all-star selection for the newly minted Los Angeles Dodgers. LAD All-Stars, 1970 – 1979, Garvey – Russell – Lopes – Cey era LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser decade LAD All-Stars 1990 – …
LAD All-Stars 1980 – 1989, the Fernando Valenzuela and Orel Hershiser decade
1980 – The decade started with a bang as the Dodgers hosted the 1980 All-Star game, and had six representatives, led by the historical infield with Garvey, Lopes, and Russell all making the team. All four position players started but went a combined 0 – 7. Lopes only got one at-bat before being replaced. This …
LAD All-Stars from 1990 – 1999, the Mike Piazza era
No surprise that Mike Piazza owns this decade, being an all-star every single full season he played for the Dodgers. Plus Piazza kept on giving because Gary Sheffield continued that success by being an all-star three yeas in a row after being acquired for Mike Piazza. I’d loved to have had exit velocity in the …
The day that Clayton Kershaw embarrassed me at the futures game
Doesn’t seem possible that Clayton Kershaw’s futures game was almost ten years ago but father time doesn’t lie. It was the summer of 2007 and I was lucky enough to get invited to San Franciso to watch the Future’s game by a friend of mine who was headed up to see his wife’s father. His …
LAD All-Stars 2000 – 2017, Clayton Kershaw era
Here is a link to all of the LAD All-Stars. Quick 21st-century LAD All-Star notes: The most all-stars this century are the current six in 2017 The Dodgers have a rookie all-star three years in a row with Joc Pederson, Corey Seager, and Cody Bellinger. This will be Kershaw’s 7th straight all-star appearance. Andre Ethier, …
Adam Liberatore J.P. Howell hand in left handed hand
Adam Liberatore is breaking LAD scoreless appearance records in 2016 that J.P. Howell was setting in 2015. Adam has appeared in 38 games this year, and given up a run only one time. He’s made 24 straight scoreless appearances. His strand rate is 92%. He’s been what J.P Howell was last year at just about …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 