Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
OTDIB – May 13th – Larry Miggins and Vin Scully forever intertwined
May 13th, 1952 Larry Miggins, boyhood friend of Vin Scully hits his first home run with Vin Scully making the call Larry Miggins hits the first of his two major league home runs, going deep off Preacher Roe in the fourth inning of the Cardinals’ 14-8 loss to the Dodgers at Ebbets Field. The round-tripper …
Best game scores by LAD at Coors
With Clayton Kershaw getting ready to toe the rubber tonight in Coors, I thought it would be a good time to review the best-pitched games at Coors. Yesterday we looked at the best hitting performances. No surprise to see Clayton owning the 2nd/3rd best performances so far. Nomo’s no no is, of course, the greatest …
Might be something to be said for rhythm
The Dodgers front office has shown a propensity in recent years to push MLB rules as far as they can until MLB has to change them to make sure the details of the rule can’t be pushed beyond what the original letter of intent was by a boatload of analysts. This was never more evident …
OTDIB – May 12th, 2015 – Stanton clears Dodger Stadium
May 12th, 2015 – Stanton gets even for the Dodgers not drafting him. Giancarlo Stanton becomes the fourth player to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium, joining McGwire (1999), Mike Piazza (1997), and Willie Stargell, who accomplished the feat twice (1969, 1973). The jaw-dropping first-inning blast off Mike Bolsinger, estimated to have travelled …
Best offensive performances at Coors
Can Bellinger or Chris Taylor crack the list? Player Date Rslt PA HR TB RBI James Loney 2006-09-28 W 19-11 5 2 11 9 Raul Mondesi 1996-06-30 L 15-16 6 2 12 6 Mike Piazza 1996-06-29 W 13-10 5 3 12 6 Mike Piazza 1995-05-07 W 12-10 5 2 11 6 Alex Cora 2000-07-27 W …
Rockies Preview – Are they for real this time?
The Rockies play host to the red-hot Dodgers as they try to keep claim to 1st place in the Western division. The Rockies handled the World Champion Cubs pretty good taking two of three. Before that, they knocked off the Diamondbacks two of three. As I’ve noted before the Rockies have gotten off to great …
OTDIB – May 11th – Koufax goes no no
May 11th, 1963 – Sandy Koufax hurls the second no-hitter of his career. Sandy Koufax takes a perfect game into the eighth inning before walking Ed Bailey on a 3-and-2 pitch, but will finish the Dodger Stadium contest with the second of four career no-hitters, blanking the Giants, 8-0. The Los Angeles southpaw beats San Francisco …
Wood / Urias / Maeda sweep away Pirates
The unlikely trio blew through the anemic Pirate offense to give the Dodgers a much-needed sweep as they head into Colorado for an early season bruhaha with the first place Rockies. To accomplish the sweep the trio put up some personal accomplishments: The first time Maeda pitched into the 9th inning Heck, it was the …
OTDIB – Nomar slams his way into history
All this information comes via Nationalpastime.com May 10th, 1999 ex-Dodger Nomar inks his name into the record books In a 12-4 rout of the Mariners, Nomar Garciaparra hits two grand slams in the same game and adds a two-run homer as well. The Red Sox shortstop becomes the first American League player to drive in …
Cream rises
The best part of a 162 game season is that it will shake out the pretenders and allow the cream to rise to the top. When the season started it would have been hard not to see the cream of the 2017 Dodgers. They were kind of loaded from old veterans like Adrian Gonzalez …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 