Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
18 – 3 as purty as it looks
Wins have gone out of style, but when your ace of aces is putting up a record of 18 – 3, you can’t help but wonder how he stacks up historically against some of the greatest winning percentages since the Dodgers moved West. Clayton would need one more win to match Orel with the best …
NFBC Update – Kershaw pitches MoustacheBall into 7th out of 450 teams
With only 18 games left, time is running out to make a significant move, but last night the trio of Kershaw / Kemp / Uribe added 25 points to the team, popping the NFBC Moustachball team entry from 10th to 7th in a matter of three hours. Needing to make a move in WHIP and …
MLB Standings snapshot on Sept 8th, 2014 – Carlos Carrasco edition
MLB Standings snapshot on Sept 8th, 2014 Orioles cruising to AL East pennant with 9. 5 game lead Royals continue to hold off the Tigers with a 1.5 game lead. The new Indian rotation is keeping the Indians within shouting distance of both the AL Central and the wild card. Everyone knows what Corey Kluber …
Dodger History Today – 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch pennant on Sept 8th – Karl Spooner last hurrah
MLB Standings on Sept 8th, 1955 The only Brooklyn Dodger World Championship team did things in style in 1955, with a 10 – 2 thumping of the Braves, clinching the NL Pennant on Sept 8th. This was the earliest a NL pennant had ever been clinched. The game featured three hits by Jackie Robinson and …
Diamondback Preview – rotation in shambles, team in shambles, future in shambles
Seems like just yesterday the Diamondbacks and Dodgers were squaring off so I covered them, and their all rookie outfield at that time. Not much has changed since then, so let’s take a look at who the Dodgers will face on the mound. The Diamondback rotation has had a woeful year with eleven different starters …
Is Justin Turner having the greatest LA Dodger 3rd baseman season ever?
No!!! But if you throw out Beltre’s super year, Pedro’s 1983, and all the years of the greatest Dodger 3rd baseman (Ron Cey), he is:) Kind of interesting the possible future HOF Adrian Beltre only had one OPS+ season above 120 in which he had at least 250 plate appearances. Beltre has had five of …
Pederson / Schebler / Chigbogu take minor league home run crowns but maybe Julian Leon is the name to remember
I doubt this has ever been done before. I did some research and could not find any year where three players associated with the Dodgers led their respective league in home runs. In this case each of these players are at a minimum age appropriate for their league, so not a case of 29-year-old Brock …
Carlos Frias unlikely Wednesday afternoon pitching choice, hurls six innings of blanks
With the Giants closing in fast, Don Mattingly put the club in to the hands of a guy who might have been voted least likely to be pitching in the major leagues last March, but Carlos Frias was more than up to the task, hurling six shutout innings against the Nationals. Kenley Jansen undid all …
Clayton Kershaw and his 1408 strikeouts puts him in some heady company
With Clayton recording his fifth straight 200 K season, his cumulative strikeout total has now reached 1408. Still just twenty-six years old, this is a staggering number only accomplished by the games best pitchers. Player SO From To Age W L IP H ER BB ERA+ Bert Blyleven 1728 1970 1977 19-26 122 113 2143.2 …
NFBC Update – Riding Kershaw to 10th place
After being Kluberized on Monday night I needed Clayton Kershaw to right the ship, and once again he came through. I can’t really complain about Kluber because he’s a big reason I’m in this spot but man did he hurt Monday night. That start alone cost me 25 important WHIP/ERA points. I made some good …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 