Game of the Day (5/13/91)

White Sox 4, Red Sox 3 (10). Chicago's Jack McDowell would finish 9th in Cy Young voting in 1991 (which means he got one second-place vote, I think), and would go on to second- and first-place finishes in the next two seasons. His overall total of Cy Young award shares (fraction of votes earned each year, added together) is in the top 50 in baseball history.

He still comes out at a slight disadvantage when matched up against Roger Clemens.

Game of the Day (5/12/91)

Mets 4, Giants 2 (11). San Francisco started Trevor Wilson, who was on the way to his best season. New York countered with Frank Viola, who was having one of his worst. It's still arguable which of them would end up with a better 1991.

Game of the Day (5/11/91)

Twins 5, Tigers 4. It would be the revenge of Jack Morris, if Jack Morris had started this game. As it is, it's merely Allan Anderson, who at age 27 was in the last year of his career, and who has to be one of the least-impressive pitchers ever to win an ERA title (less than 1000 career innings and a career ERA+ that barely stayed above average despite the 166 he put up in 1988) facing Steve Searcy, who at age 26 (he would turn 27 in June) was making the last start of his career (making several more appearances from the bullpen and not pitching very well in those either).

Game of the Day (5/10/91)

White Sox 5, Blue Jays 3 (12). The pitching matchup was a pair of youngsters. Chicago's Alex Fernandez, making the 20th start of his career, was on his way to borderline ace status, which he would hold through the mid '90s before his career was cut short by injuries. Denis Boucher was making his sixth start - and had only 20 more remaining to him, because he was not as good as Alex Fernandez.

Game of the Day (5/9/91)

Red Sox 8, Rangers 4. This game has one of the least-accomplished pitching matchups I can remember in any Game of the Day. Boston started Tom Bolton, who was in the middle of an eight-year career as an intermittently-used swingman whose career high in innings was 119.2 - and he was the more distinguished member of the pairing, as Texas sent Scott Chiamparino, who would assemble 15 starts and 85.2 innings in three big-league seasons.

Melog Rankings: Post-Madrid 2016

And order was restored to the universe.

Three weeks ago, the Monte Carlo Masters saw Novak Djokovic absorb his first loss to a player ranked outside the top 50 in five and a half years. As a result, Djokovic decided to play Madrid last week, an event that he has sometimes skipped in the past - and he won it, rather easily, beating quality clay opponents such as Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray along the way.

The last three weeks also saw another return to normalcy, as Rafael Nadal reclaimed the Barcelona title that he'd long dominated, but which had eluded him for the last two years. The title match came against Nishikori, who continues to be established as one of the world's best clay court players.

Lower down in the rankings... well, let's just say there's a lot going on at all levels, and get to the table.

Game of the Day (5/8/91)

White Sox 2, Brewers 1. Chicago's Jack McDowell faced Milwaukee's Jaime Navarro in a matchup of pitchers in their mid-20's who would start pretty regularly throughout the '90s.