Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Tyler Clippard – Rubber arm indeed
Vin Scully was mentioning on the broadcast tonight about Tyler Clippard having a rubber arm so I thought I’d check to see what his game count was compared to his peers during the last five years. Not to shabby, he’s second in games appeared, and 1st in ERA+ for those who have pitched at least …
Nationals preview – another clash for best record in the NL
While the Dodgers are looking over their shoulder at the streaking Giants, the Nationals are having an easy time in the NL East. Both teams come into this series with 77 wins and by the end of the series one team will have more wins than the other. Since the Giants have the benefit of …
ITDIB 08/28/77 – Steve Garvey goes off – fives across the board
On this date in 1977 Steve Garvey had one of the all time great offensive Los Angeles Dodger games when he collected three doubles and two home runs with one of the coolest box scores you will ever see. Five across the board for the Garv. Five at bats Five hits Five runs scored Five …
On this date Aug 27th, 1955 Sandy Koufax throws a two hitter in his 2nd ever major league start
Sandy Koufax is known mostly for what he accomplished from 1961 – 1966 as a Los Angeles Dodger. Every Dodger fan knows that he was a late bloomer, but I’m not sure how many know that before he blossomed as a Los Angeles Dodger he had one incredible game for the Brooklyn Dodgers as a …
Series Preview – new look Diamondbacks, all rookie outfield come to town
When the Dodgers and Arizona faced off at the beginning of the year down under, it was expected that Arizona would be some competition for the Dodgers for 1st place instead of battling with everyone for last place. Nothing has gone right for the Diamondbacks since the trip to down under, and the team that …
Dodger Briefs Aug 25th, 2014 – Turner time
Dodgers took two out of three from the Mets, picking up one full game on the Giants who lost two of three against the Nationals. The Dodger lead now sits at 4.5 games. Dodger record in August is 12 – 11 but they thanks to the Met drubbing last night, they have only scored 85 …
NFBC Update – Coors helps but only one step up this weekend
Even with just about everything going right, the moustacheball team was only able to move up one spot. At this point all the teams are loaded, so getting into the top ten is not going to be an easy task. I increased 40 points over the weekend, and for the first time I’m over 3300 …
Moustacheball NFBC Update – 13th place, moving on up
On August 4th I made my first NFBC update and noted I was in 1st place in my league and 18th place overall. Over the last 18 days I’ve managed to get as close as 9th in the overall, but currently sit at 13th place after Kershaw’s masterpiece last night. Matt Kemp is no longer …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 