Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
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 …
Fluke this – Turner turning point
Eric Stephen can some times be annoyingly johnny on the spot, as he proved once again yesterday. Once again Eric showed the knack of writing the right post at the right time. Yesterday Eric wrote a lengthy piece on the perceived Dodgers trouble to win games they are trailing in. To be exact, before last …
How about that Pedro Baez?
Since being recalled on Aug 7th, Pedro Baez the failed 3rd base prospect turned relief pitcher has appeared in five games without allowing an earned run. That run includes eight scoreless innings, twice going two innings. Those scoreless innings looks sweet but strangely enough the fireballing Baez has only struck out four batters in those …
MLB standings snapshot – Aug 21, 2014
MLB Standing snapshot via Baseball Ref on Aug 21st, 2014 Orioles are not only in first place they are in first place by nine games. Surprisingly the Orioles had a ten game lead as recently as July 12th, 2012. I thought I was going to have to go back 20 years to find the last …
