Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
How do you improve a team that has won six straight NL West titles?
but can’t perform well enough to win even one World Championship during this six-year run? I don’t have any answers, I’m just posing the question because this team seems pretty set heading into 2019 except how to replace Grandal and Ryu and Ryu’s replacement would seem to be Julio Urias. Yazmani Grandal has been one …
Feebly into the night
Now we know what the fans of the 1966 Dodgers felt like after the Orioles swept them in four games. That series was known for the ineptitude of the Dodger offense and this one can sit right along with it. The difference being the 1966 team went into the World Series having scored only 606 …
Twittering away for eight hours
One of the great benefits of my Dodger twitter is that I follow just enough folk that I tend to get funny and informational tweets. Last night was no exception as records were falling faster than Grandal’s Free Agent rankings. Walker Buehler’s 2018 season began with a start on April 5 in an Oklahoma City …
Just your typical World Series game three victory
If you expected Walker Buehler to show why he’s already the ace of this team you were not disappointed. As one time World Series hero Adam Wainwright tweeted: I guarantee that anybody who played against or saw @buehlersdayoff pitch this season isn’t surprised at all by how he’s pitching tonight. Hands down best stuff I …
Fernando’s 1981 Game Three – heroic or heinous pitch count complete game 5 – 4 victory
The Dodgers were down 2 – 0 in the 1981 World Series but they were back home and had the 1981 Rookie and Cy Young Award winner going for them. You could say they won this game the old fashioned way, by letting their starter finish what he started but it probably came with a …
1981 World Series is why Fernando is so revered
If you are a Dodger fan you have now heard from multiple people that the last time the Dodgers lost the first two games in the World Series they went on to win that World Series in 1981. Not only in 1981 bt also in 1965 and 1955. Unlike many of you who might be …
Cruise control doesn’t work at Fenway
Other than a minor hiccup, Ryu was dispatching the potent Red Sox lineup with aplomb when he ran into the 9th hitter in the lineup. Unlike the National League, Ryu had to face a real hitter even though Christian Vazquez hardly qualifies as a real hitter. Vazquez was just about the worst hitter in the …
Unleash the Boban
I’m guessing everyone who doesn’t know this bit of trivia would be blown away but the NBA player with the highest PER in the 21st century does not play for the Lakers, he plays for the Los Angeles Clippers. OK, all sorts of caveats apply, but it is still true. Not a fake fact. Crit …
Got naysayer to say?
The Dodger twitter naysayers were out in full force after the loss on Friday. Based on the tweets one had to wonder how such a horrible team had managed to even win three games in the NLCS. I don’t quite understand naysayers in sports. Why root for a team if all you do is probe …
Justin Turner the gift that keeps on giving
Justin Turner is the most important cog of the 2018 Dodgers and the biggest reason why the Dodgers are headed to Fenway to battle the Red Sox for the 2018 World Championship. The proof is really in the pudding when you consider the Dodgers record on May 16th, and the Dodgers record after Justin Turner …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 