Game of the Day (6/29/14)

Royals 5, Angels 4. LA's CJ Wilson took on KC's Jeremy Guthrie. Both pitchers are relatively recent free agent acquisitions - one hyped, the other all but unnoticed. But they've pitched with fairly similar levels of effectiveness for their current teams.

Game of the Day (6/29/84)

Indians 13, Rangers 12 (13). I haven't seen many scores that serve to more clearly announce "THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GAME OF THE DAY" before the numbers are run than this one.

Texas started the eventually-excellent Dave Stewart; Cleveland countered with the already-excellent Bert Blyleven.

Game of the Day (6/28/14)

A's 7, Marlins 6 (14). The game began with a pair of pretty effective 24-year-old right-handers on the mound, Sonny Gray for Oakland and Nathan Eovaldi for Miami.

Game of the Day (6/28/84)

Red Sox 9, Mariners 6 (11). The pitching matchup was a pair of fairly young lefties - Seattle's Matt Young against Boston's Bruce Hurst. Neither of them was at anything like their best level in 1984, which meant that Hurst was only slightly better than average and Young was terrible.

Game of the Day (6/27/14)

Pirates 3, Mets 2 (11). Pittsburgh's Brandon Cumpton took on New York's Jacob deGrom. It was Cumpton's 14th career start - and he was the relative veteran in the matchup, as deGrom was making just his ninth big league appearance.

Game of the Day (6/27/84)

Cubs 8, Pirates 7 (11). Pittsburgh's Lee Tunnell faced Chicago's Rick Reuschel. Reuschel would make eight times as many starts as Tunnell in their respective careers, and throw over seven times as many innings - but in 1984, at least, they pitched with similar (and highly limited) effectiveness.

Game of the Day (6/26/14)

Phillies 5, Marlins 3 (14). Miami's Tom Koehler took on Philly's Cole Hamels. (Did you know that Cole Hamels turned 30 last December? I did not know that, and kind of wish that I still didn't.)