Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
Kenta makes Roberts look good
Many questions, and many answers last night. We will start with the NL baseball decision. Should you pinch hit for your starting pitchers as early as the 4th inning? Your pitcher struggled in the first inning putting the team in a hole by three runs, but has gotten his act together and kept the score …
Can Kenta break the 4 game DL losing streak?
So far this year the Dodgers have lost the first game of every starter who has come back from the disabled list. They are 0 -4 in those games, with only one pitcher pitching notably well. The Games: 4/16/2017 – Rich Hill makes his first return from the DL and loses 3 – 1. Hill …
The time was right for Joe Davis
Part of the reason I stopped being a Laker fan was because of the loss of Chick Hearn. I often wondered if the same would happen when Vin Scully was no longer calling Dodger games. Those were the only voices I’d heard from age 12 on up. They were part of my Los Angeles DNA. …
The ball finds you
Chris Taylor made his first ever start in CF last night and on the second pitch, Fowler hit a deep drive to straight away CF that seemed destined for a leadoff double or triple, but Chris Taylor tracked it down and leaped at the wall to snare the out leading Joe Davis to exclaim “The …
OTDIB – May 25th, 2002 – Shawn Green carnage continues
On this date in baseball May 25th: May 25th , 2002 – Shawn Green stays hot With four homers on Thursday (5/23), one on Friday (5/24), and two more on Saturday (5/25), Shawn Green becomes the first major leaguer to hit seven round-trippers in three games. The Dodger outfielder’s nine big flies in a week …
This is how you lose five of six with an ERA of 1.50
Joe Davis was wondering how the Cardinals could be losers of five of their last six games when the rotation had an ERA of 1.50. Which made me wonder. This is how: May 16th – Lose to Boston 6 – 3. Lance Lynn starts, gives up only two earned runs but four total runs. The …
OTDIB-May 24th-3-Dog goes for 6
This date in baseball on May 2th May 24th, 1973 – The 3-Dog goes for six In a 19-inning marathon, LA outfielder Willie Davis collects six hits in a 7-3 loss to the Mets at Dodger Stadium. The two clubs establish a National League mark by hitting into a combined nine double plays. How many …
This is National League baseball
Dave Roberts had a big decision to make, and only in the National League does this decision get to be made. His team was leading 1 – 0, his best starting pitcher, the best starting pitcher of his generation was pitching. It was the bottom of the 8th, and Clayton Kershaw was due up with …
Kershaw updates LAD/Cardinal Dodger Stadium leaderboads
Last night Clayton Kershaw twirled a gem, posting a game score of 87 with ten strikeouts. Yesterday I posted the LAD/Cardinal Game Score and Double Digit strikeout leaderboards of games pitched at Dodger Stadium. With that game last night, Kershaw wedged himself into those leaderboards so I have to update them. Which is why I …
Forsythe has a triumphant return
For the first nine innings of last nights ballgame it looked like the Dodgers might have activated Logan Forsythe before he was ready. Logan struck out four times in his first four at-bats out of the lead off spot, but when it really counted he struck for gold connecting on a double to drive in …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 