Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Historical LAD ROY positional player voting results
With Cody Bellinger expected to win the NL 2017 Rookie of the Year award, let’s take a look at all the LAD position players who have gotten at least one vote for the award. In 1960 Frank Howard won over his teammate Tommy Davis and future HOF Ron Santo. Frank Howard had an illustrious career …
Only Bellinger and Kershaw crack top MLB award player finalists
Cody Bellinger is a shoe-in for the 2017 NL ROY but that will probably be the only hardware the team with the best record in baseball will acquire. Clayton Kershaw is in the finals with Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg for the NL CYA. At one time this summer it seemed as if the Dodgers …
Andre Ethier was more than 3.5
We had a joke at Dodger Thoughts when Andre Ethier was in the minor leagues that he was a 3.5. Meaning he probably wasn’t going to be good enough to be a major league starter but would be very valuable off the bench. Boy were we wrong. Many players get that label. You could say …
How does Andre Ethier figure historically?
As expected the Dodgers bought out Andre Ethier today making him a free agent. That doesn’t mean he won’t return to the Dodgers but given the crowded left field situation, it would seem doubtful. Now that the Ethier era has ended, how does he figure historically? How about the metrics like OPS+? 22nd in OPS+ …
Cliff Corcoran looks at the Dodgers future
Sports on earth columnist Cliff Corcoran takes a look at the Dodger future and likes what he sees. Six of the eight regulars in the Dodgers’ Game 7 lineup will be 27 or younger next year, and only corner outfielders Yasiel Puig (27 next year), who will be in the final year of his seven-year …
1966 World Series Highlights
I never saw the 1966 World Series, I only listened to it on the radio and being only seven years old didn’t quite know what was going on. I knew my brothers were mad at Willie Davis but didn’t know why. I just knew the Dodgers were swept by the Orioles. Later I would find …
Yu Darvish should call Livan Hernandez
I was just curious just how historically bad Yu was in this World. Not as bad as I thought but pretty bad. I looked at every World Series game in the 21st century with a game score less than or equal to 30. Looking at this list my first thought is that given we are …
Dodger free agent musings
The Dodgers have six free agents this year. I would be comfortable with none of them returning. Since I can’t speak for the Dodger front office I can only say what I think I’d do. Chase Utley – his postseason failures the past two years have negatively impacted the opinion of his solid regular seasons. …
Game Seven thoughts
If that is the last hit by Andre Ethier as a Dodger (and it should be) that is about as cool a way to go out as you could envision Every fan had to be frustrated that of the three possible starters for game seven the one that was chosen shit the bed, while the …
Game seven disappointments
These don’t have anything to do with the game. You can read that in over twenty other Dodger blogs, this has to do with how Dodger Stadium prepared for game seven. For a game seven, I expected more hoopla than opening day. Didn’t happen. As I was walking onto the stadium grounds I eyed the …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 