Author Archive: Phil Gurnee
The Halo Way
I missed this game, but on Sunday the Angels had one of the greatest comebacks in team history scoring seven runs in the bottom of the 9th to win 10 – 9. The win put the Angels in 1st place. http://atmlb.com/2oWOABK Down 9 – 3: Pujols hits leadoff home run now 9 – 4 Pennington …
The power farm
Fun with minor league stats, Dodger farm hands lead three of their four respective leagues in home runs as they plow through their acreage like a John Deere steel gang plow. PCL – O’Koyea Dickson and Brett Eibner tied for league lead in home runs with three California League – Ibandel Isabel leads league in …
Buehler and Bellinger deliver
Many things went right last night but ultimately the Cubs and Jon Lester came out on top once again. For Dodger fans, most of Monday was spent watching the Cubs take what seemed like hours to celebrate their 2016 World Championship, and then defeat the Dodgers in a walk off. With the big club struggling, …
The confounding Lester
The lasting image of Jon Lester beating the Dodgers for the NLC crown is of Enrique Hernandez dancing like a fool off of 1st base. His job was to rattle the man who had thrown over 2,000 innings while being one of the best October pitchers of his generation. Predictably it did not work and …
Baseball Notes 4/10/17
I love early season stats. Matt Kemp leads MLB in slugging % and OPS at 1.125 / 1.654. Matt has four doubles and two home runs sixteen at-bats. Jason Castro of the Twins walked seven times last week and leads MLB in OB%. Castro walked only 45 times all of last year. Matt Reynolds leads …
LAD System POTW – 4/10/17
Dodgers: Pitching – I’m going with Hyun-Jin Ryu simply because he made his first start in Coors, and no one really thought he’d ever get there. He didn’t win his game but he pitched well enough to win and more importantly, he looks very much like the Ryu who was the best number three starter in …
Weekly summation 4/9/17 – Runs a plenty, wins not so much.
With a week of baseball in the books, the Dodgers managed a 4 – 3 record which puts them smack in the middle of the NL West. It was a strange week where the offense scored in double digits three times in seven games. When you outscore your opponents 40 runs to 22 you’d probably …
OK O’Koyea
Cody Bellinger, Willie Calhoun, Rob Segedin, Edwin Rios, and Alex Verdugo will have to wait their turn because this weeks LAD Farm Factory award goes to O’Koyea Dickson who out muscled every hitter in the system. O’Koyea started hitting with authority last May and has yet to stop. He hit all summer. He he hit …
Blast from the Past – Go Go Go
With Phil on vacation here is a blast from the past with Easter just around the corner. Almost three years to the day, Dee Gordon was enthralling Dodger fans with his blend of speed and excitement. I hearkened back to the day of Maury Wills, and the inaugural season of Dodger Stadium when Maury captivated Dodger …
Hill joins Kazmir and Stewart on DL
It didn’t take long for Rich Hill’s blister to show it’s ugly face in 2017, putting Hill on the DL after only one start. He’ll be joining Scott Kazmir and Brock Stewart on the DL. The rotation spot for this Monday will either be taken by Alex Wood, Ross Stripling, or Julio Urias. This might depend …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 