Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Hill/Wood/Kershaw have three things in common
Two are obvious. They are all left handed. They are all Dodgers. But did you know that over the last fourteen days they are also the three best pitchers in the NL? Fangraphs tells us, this is so: (this snapshot only worked if viewed on July 7th, 2017) Before the snapshot changes, this is what …
Rich Hill puts another win on the Dodger wall
Rich Hill and Logan Forsythe were two of the last holdouts this year in the summer of the Blue, but both have joined the fray, and the team looks unstoppable. For the 3rd straight start, Rich Hill worked seven innings and now has twenty-seven strikeouts to only three walks over his last three starts. That …
Alex Wood makes it six all-stars
With the announcement that Alex Wood has been picked as a replacement all-star the Dodgers now have six 2017 All-stars. Even if the baseball All-Star game does not float your boat, as a Dodger fan you have to be excited to see this incredible team rewarded. They all deserved it, no gimmie’s here. 1st/LF – …
Blazing Dodger Blue meets en fuego Royal Blue
A month ago the game was figuring out where the assorted Royals were going to end up. Cain, Hosmer, Moustakas, and Vargas were the primary names being bandied about. I had even conjectured that Cain would be a good fit for the Dodgers given the struggles of Pederson and the uncertain status of the untested …
Justin Turner currently in the company of Rod Carew and Tony Gwynn
Can Justin Turner keep his batting average above .380 by the all-star game? With Alex Wood his 1st half season is done so we know we will end the first half with a perfect 10 – 0 record. Only 15 hitters since 1958 have managed to have at least a .380 BA by the all-star …
Old Tyme stats kicking butt
Alex Wood is 10 – 0 in the first half but starter wins aren’t supposed to mean anything anymore Justin Turner is hitting over .380 just before the break but batting average isn’t supposed to mean anything anymore since we have wRC+ to hang with now. So why is everyone celebrating the batting average of …
One time LAD 1 – 0 Losers
Bringing this little 1 – 0 loser arc thread to a close we now look at all the pitchers who lost one game 1 – 0. This is a fun list with many names you won’t see often, combined with two of the greatest pitchers of any era. Several scrapheap projects. Al Downing had been part …
Big and Little D dominate 1 – 0 loser list
I was right about Don Sutton leading the Dodgers in losing 1 – 0 games but he had company from his big brother Don Drysdale. They both did it a staggering nine times. This points to two things. They were both incredible pitchers, and they both pitched for some bad offensive teams. The list below …
Kershaw cracks top gamescore against Dbacks at home
Clayton Kershaw once again played with a no-hitter but had to settle for just another victory. The final score of 4 – 3 does not properly reflect his dominance last night in which he put up a game score of 82. That game score put him on the leaderboard of Dodger pitchers with a game …
The Campaign Continues
Dodger fans at the game tonight were treated to Orel Hershiser and Justin Turner putting on the Ritz as they combined on the Nations birthday with a memorable moment. At the same time, Dodger fans listening to Joe Davis got a glimpse why he is filling the big shoes of Vin Scully very well. Orel took …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 