Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Division series mayhem abounds aplenty leaving fans from Washington to Los Angeles in the dust
What a crazy set of major league Division series baseball fans were subjected to in the past week. Heck the play in game was just as crazy. Cy Young award winners Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, and David Price all lost. Zach Grienke won. The 2007 NL CY Young Jake Peavy won. At his …
How many Matt’s can Dodger fans hate in a lifetime?
Sadly, we are updating the NLDS Matt carnage show. Strangely enough when I created this post this morning, I had totally forgotten the lore of 2008/2009 Matt Stairs, and it is a tad freaky how similar Matt Adams is to Matt Stairs. Game One: With two out in the 6th inning, Clayton Kershaw had given …
NLDS – All Matt all the time
I don’t want to focus on the Dodgers being down two games to one as they approach an elimination game today. Instead I’m fascinated about how the Matt’s have dominated this series. Game One: With two out in the 6th inning, Clayton Kershaw had given up one hit, a home run. Matt Carpenter hit what …
Time for a Dodger / Giant postseason matchup
I’ll be gone for a few days, I hope by the time I come back that the Dodgers will have already vanquished the Cardinals, and that Bumgarner made sure the National/Giant series goes at least four games. Since early June, I’ve been baying about a possible Dodger / Giant postseason series. Most of my Dodger …
Edinson Volquez and his 1.08 Sept ERA takes the hill among a plethora of skeptics
Last winter the Pirates did not pursue AJ Burnett whose last start of the 2013 season was a vivid reminder of what 2014 might be if they choose that path once again. Instead the Pirates picked up reclamation project Edinson Volquez who quietly had his best year since his 24-year-old rookie season. AJ Burnett was …
Top Dodger pitching game scores in postseason play against Cardinals – Jose Lima still on top
Jose Lima holds a special place for most Dodger fans. His inexplicable shutout of the Cardinals in game three of the 2004 NLDS was as unlikely an event as has ever happened in the postseason at the Ravine. Wow, three of the top five game scores performances against the Cardinals in the postseason happened last …
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 …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 