Game of the Day (6/3/84)

Padres 7, Giants 6. Eric Show was tabbed for San Diego. The Giants opposed him with Mark Grant, who I confess is entirely new to me; he was also almost entirely new to the majors, as a 20-year-old making his third career start. He would pitch intermittently (and badly) during this season, then reestablish himself in the majors three years later and go on to a reasonably long career, most of it spent in relief.

Game of the Day (6/2/14)

Pirates 10, Padres 3. How the heck does a 10-3 game become the best of the day? Let's find out!

Charlie Morton started for the Pirates against San Diego's Tim Stauffer. Both of them are guys you would describe as journeymen, except that they haven't really journeyed - Stauffer's entire career has been spent in San Diego, while Morton has been in Pittsburgh for the last six years.

Game of the Day (6/2/84)

Blue Jays 9, Yankees 8 (10). New York sent Dennis Rasmussen out for his fourth career start; he would end up with 235 in a respectable career. Toronto's reply was Luis Leal, who was a 27-year-old veteran and just over a year away from the end of his big league tenure.

Game of the Day (6/1/14)

Mets 4, Phillies 3 (11). And there's still a game left in the series... The Mets at least bothered to find an experienced starter in this one, sending Jon Niese against Philly's Cole Hamels.

Game of the Day (6/1/84)

Cardinals 5, Mets 1. There weren't an enormous number of pitchers who could be considered clearly favored over St. Louis's Joaquin Andujar in 1984, as he was on his way to a 20-win season including league leads in innings and shutouts. But one of those pitchers was making his tenth major league start in this game - Dwight Gooden, whose own version of Fernandomania was beginning to coalesce (he already had four starts in his first nine in which he struck out ten or more hitters while allowing one run or fewer).

Game of the Day (5/31/14)

Mets 5, Phillies 4 (14). Second verse, highly similar but slightly superior to the first. Once again, the Mets sent a pitcher making his fourth career start (Jacob deGrom) against a Philly veteran (Kyle Kendrick).

Game of the Day (5/31/84)

Pirates 2, Expos 1. Montreal sent Bill Gullickson, who was young but pretty well-established, against Pittsburgh's Jose DeLeon, who was even younger and just starting out.