Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Memorial Day
I count myself lucky that while cancer has intervened into the circle of my life, I’ve never had a friend or family member who died in battle. My dad did. Many of his West Point class of 1950 perished either in Korea or Vietnam. At 91 next month he may be one of the last …
Kershaw goes for 2,000th strikeout today
It was just nine years ago that Clayton Kershaw was making his first start for the LAD, now he’s trying to notch his 2,000th strikeout. Time flies when you are having fun. Kershaw already owns the most strikeouts for any Dodger by age 29, but if he can wrangle ten strikeouts today, he would hit …
Dodgers versus Lackey – Lackey owns Dodgers
Line: LAD -120 O/U: 7.5 Runs Zero homer runs against and low OPS of .526 against. Most of the poor OPS comes from Gutierrez who won’t be playing today but Chase is also a big contributor. All that came against Lackey when he was mostly a front line pitcher, he’s now the weakest link in …
Dodgers versus Arrieta
Only Grandal and Gonzalez have homered off of Arrieta. Seager has had three singles in just six plate appearances. Name PA H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS Adrian Gonzalez 24 6 1 0 1 2 1 4 .726 Chase Utley 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Yasmani Grandal 8 1 …
OTDIB – May 26th – Ken Brett outshines his brother
On this date in baseball – May 26th May 26th, 1976 – Ken Brett goes 10 ten innings to win 1 – 0 Ken Brett’s no-hit bid ends with two outs in the ninth, when White Sox third baseman Jorge Orta hopes Jerry Remy’s slow roller will go foul. The no-hitter is lost when the …
Kershaw/Koufax share the K top
Kershaw and Koufax both struck out 14 Cubs at Dodger Stadium to share the top spot on the strikeout leaderboard. Pitchers on this list which includes every double digit strikeout game against the games that didn’t crack to top game score list (80 is the cut off point) are Kevin Gross, Burt Hooten, and Ramon …
Koufax perfect game rides on top
The highest game score by a LAD pitcher against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium is, of course, the perfect game by Sandy Koufax. I like this list because it has some names on it that had been missing in my other game score leaderboards. Like Hiroki Kuroda, Bill Singer, Tim Belcher, Ricky Nolasco, Rick Honeycut, …
What an unlikely quartet
Most total bases by a Dodger at Dodger Stadium against the Cubs involves four of the most unlikely players. We had to drop down to nine total bases to even find four. Only one player has managed a double-digit total base game against the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Player Date Rslt PA R H 2B HR TB …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 