Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
No final act for Granderson
The Dodgers finalized their World Series roster with one big surprise. Brandon McCarthy was added along with Corey Seager, with Curtis Granderson and Kyle Farmer being left off. I understand Farmer getting let go instead of Culberson. With Barnes now the starting catcher they didn’t need the flexibility that Barnes added when he wasn’t starting. …
I can’t pull the trigger
Anyone who knows me knows this story. At the age of fifteen, my mom let me cut school and stand in line for world series tickets for 1974. Back then the tickets were sold through outlets called ticketron and the local Sears in Glendale was our ticketron outlet. My mom dropped me off early in …
The analysis no one asked for
Everyone has analyzed the World Series but I’ve tried to ignore the writing of the intelligent writers so as not to influence my subjective take on this series. If the Astros are so good why did they look like the San Francisco Giants in NY? If the Astros are so good why is their manager …
Kershaw finally reaches the biggest stage
It took Clayton Kershaw seventeen postseason starts to finally make it to the World Series and as he has done for most of his Dodger career, he will take the ball in game one. Clayton has the advantage tonight given the game is at home, he’s facing a team who has rarely seen his stuff, …
Updated LAD World Series Home runs
Over the next week the Dodgers are sure to hit some important home runs. Below is a list of every LAD World Series home run. Some more memorable than others. 2017 Already: Joc Pederson hits his second World Series home run to give the Dodgers a 3 – 1 lead in game six. They ultimately …
36 years ago the Dodgers last played on Oct 24th
and it was one of the greatest World Series games in LAD history. The Yankees held a two games to one lead headed into the 4th game and they had knocked out the Dodger starter Bob Welch in the first inning. Welch only faced four batters giving up a triple, double, walk, and single before being …
2017 NLCS Thoughts
Easier than most expected the Dodgers advanced to the World Series. The NLCS had some big moments that will forever be part of Dodger lore. No earth-shattering thoughts here, just thought I’d jot them down. The Dodgers won both games that Kershaw started by a combined score of 16 – 3. Rich Hill, Yu Darvish, …
Updated NLCS Home Run list
Ha ha, quite an update this time. With Kiké doing something no LAD has ever done by going deep three times. My two favorite parts of the three home run game by Kiké was that he hit the three home runs off of three different pitchers. He hit the grand slam off of Hector Rondon …
LAD Team HR leaders, 25 or younger
With Cody Bellinger leading the Dodgers in home runs at age 21, the Dodgers have now had thirteen players twenty-five or younger to lead the team in home runs. Bellinger could make this list four more times. Let that sink in. Bellinger not only ended up with more home runs than Mike Piazza, he did …
2017 NLCS victory was partially driven by the shortstops
Dodger NLCS Shortstop Stats sorted by OPS with at least eight PA: Series/Player BA OBP Slug OPS 2017 Chris Taylor 0.250 0.400 0.875 1.275 2017 Charlie Culberson 0.455 0.385 0.818 1.203 1978 Bill Russell 0.412 0.444 0.471 0.915 1974 Bill Russell 0.389 0.421 0.389 0.810 1981 Bill Russell 0.313 0.316 0.438 0.753 1985 Mariano Duncan …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 