Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
May 22nd – Font Farm Factory Award winner
There were a lot of great performances by LAD prospects in the past week but the award has to belong to Wilmer Font. He’s not even really a prospect but when you put up a game like he put up on Monday he has to be on someone’s radar. I don’t care what kind of …
Bellinger climbing up LAD May Leaderboards
With 2/3 of May in the books, Cody Bellinger is already in the top ten in LAD May leaderboards for home runs and RBI. At this moment headed into the May 21st game, Bellinger has 22 RBI and 7 home runs in May. His 7 home runs would put him tied for 4th in LAD …
Urias might be making rotation question easier
With seven starting pitchers for five spots, Julio Urias might be making the tough front office decision easier. Other than one start, Urias simply hasn’t cut muster so far this season. Critics of this statement can point to his three starts where he has given up fewer than one run three times in five starts. …
Dodgers enjoying home cooking
With eight games left on this ten game home trip the Dodgers boast the best winning percentage at home in baseball which is keeping them in the NL West race. MLB Best winning pct. at home, NL – 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers 15-6 .714 Arizona Diamondbacks 18-8 .692 Washington Nationals 12-7 .632 Even with that …
Dodger bench providing relief
When the season started Chris Taylor found himself in AAA. As did Cody Bellinger, Brett Eibner, Rob Segedin, and Trayce Thompson. Enrique Hernández, Chase Utley, Franklin Gutierrez, Scott Van Slyke, and Austin Barnes were the bench. As the team makes a move in May even with all the injuries, Chris Taylor/Chase Utley have been the starting …
OTDIB – May 19th – Frank Howard is finally stopped
On this date in baseball: May 19th, 1968 – Hondo finally goes homerless after hitting ten in six games. At Tiger stadium, Earl Wilson stops Senator Frank Howard’s home run streak. The ‘Capital Punisher’ had established the major league mark by hitting ten home runs in the previous six games. Hondo would go onto hit …
Dodger depth keeps getting tested
The Dodger mantra the last two years has been the depth of the forty man roster. The Dodgers tested that depth to the extreme last year related to the rotation when fifteen different pitchers toed the mound to make a start for the Dodgers. In 2017 it is the position players getting tested. It all …
Isn’t it time we stop giving up on players?
For anyone who follows baseball the slump is part of the game. Players slump for many reasons but rarely does that slump mean the player is done. Sometimes it is true, but given how many times I’ve read that a player is done, it is rarely true. You can quote new stats but do they …
Keibert Ruiz sizzling in May
Last year at this time I’d never heard of Keibert Ruiz but by the end of the 2016 season he had become a hot prospect and quickly rose in the prospect ranking put out in the winter but didn’t crack any top ten lists. I bet that changes this summer. The eighteen-year-old catcher is destroying …
Recommended restaurants in Los Angeles
By readers of the NY Times. Any other suggestions? We are going to try one restaurant per month. République serves French-inspired dishes in a dramatic 1920s building. 10e Restaurant, 811 West Seventh Street Alimento, 1710 Silver Lake Boulevard Bestia, 2121 East Seventh Place Osteria Mozza, 6602 Melrose Avenue Sqirl, 720 North Virgil Avenue Hatchet Hall, …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 