Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier, Shawn Green lead the way with nine total bases in Postseason play against Cardinals
Three LAD have posted at least nine total bases against the Cardinals in postseason play. You have to drop the criteria all the way to six to get any additional players. Those two would be Milton Bradley and Mariano Duncan. The three players who have at least nine total bases are: It was the infamous …
NFBC – Final Update – Matt Kemp homers Moustacheball into mo money
When I first started posting about my teams results in the NFBC back in early August I had just cracked the top 20. At that time I was simply excited to be leading my league, and while hoping for a top 10 overall finish, never really believed it was possible. Yet, Kershaw/Kemp just kept doing …
Matt Kemp 10 Total Bases on 4/19/09 against Rockies at the Ravine is tops
A few weeks ago we looked at the greatest single LAD efforts against the Rockies at Coors. Today we will look at the greatest single LAD efforts against the Rockies while playing at Dodger Stadium. I was a little surprised that Mike Piazza did not make this list. Matt Kemp sits on top with the …
21 – 3 is as good as it has ever been
Clayton Kershaw put his final stamp on what was possibly one of the greatest Dodger regular season pitched performances ever, but that is a story for a another day. As has been my trend since Clayton was 18 – 3, we have been tracking his incredible winning %. Going 21 – 3 has put Clayton …
Just your basic pennant clinching game at the Ravine
Sometimes you need a nudge to get off your ass and yesterday Joe Benardello harangued me enough over at truebluela about going to the game last night, that I finally scored a ticket and made the journey. Thank God for Joe, because that was one hell of a clinching game. I’ve been to three now …
Dodger outfield is as hot as the San Fernando Valley in Sept
All the Dodgers starting team, and key bench players are on fire, but leading the charge has been the starting outfield. All stats are courtesy of Fangraphs.com. Notice that three of them have a plus .600 slug %. Strangely enough, it is Carl Crawford with the highest Slug%. SVS has the strange stat of a …
Breaking down Adrian Gonzalez – A platoon player in waiting
Just in case you have also missed what Don Mattingly has missed, Adrian is what some might call a platoon player in waiting. Meaning, that his manager still remembers when he could hit both sides of a pitcher, however the stats now say something has changed, and eventually the winds of change will be upon …
Fernando sets rookie record with eighth shutout thirty three years ago today
Fernando started the season with five shutouts in his first seven major league starts. Basically every game Fernando started he was rewriting history during Fernandomania. What Fernando did in his first 8 starts was a streak for the ages: 8 wins, 7 complete games, 5 shutouts and 4 earned runs surrendered in his first 72 …
Hideo Nomo does the improbable eighteeen years ago today – No No at Coors
On Sept 17th, 1996 Hideo Nomo did what no one thought could be done. Pitch a no – hitter in the hitters paradise known as Coors Field. Rich Westcott, author of No-Hitter, wrote the following, “A pitcher has about as much chance of firing a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 