After hitting 23 homers in 2005 Felipe Lopez became a mainstay of Master Bates' fantasy team. Then he went about 300 at bats last year and this year without homering. He's hit one in each of his last two games.
Pitching Like Koufax
Our favorite Jewish pitcher from Staten Island is off to a hot start with his new team, the Chicago Cubs. After beating the Pirates 1-0 on Wednesday, Marquis is 5-1 with a 1.70 ERA. That victory was the first time the Cubs ever won a 1-0 game at Wrigley Field with a homer in the first. Marquis has allowed 10 runs in 47 innings so far this season. Last year he had two starts in which he allowed more than that.
Time Stood Still
Jamie Moyer, 44, beat Randy Johnson, 43, in the battle of the ancient lefties. Johnson was doing pretty well through 6 shutout innings, but he allowed three baserunners in the 7th and they were all brought home on a grand slam by Ryan Howard off a reliever. The last time Moyer and Johnson pitched against each other was in 1989, 36 years of combined age ago. Moyer says he did not remember that game. Moyer really is a marvel, making at least 32 starts in 8 of the last 9 seasons.
Fear The Angels
The Angels called up 1B/DH Kendry Morales and he homered in his first game back with the team. Morales joins Casey Kotchman, Dallas McPherson, Howie Kendrick, Erick Aybar and Brandon Wood as talented infielders in their system. Throw in Vladimir Guerrero, K-Rod, Jered Weaver and the underrated John Lackey and its hard to imagine the Angels not experiencing a lot of success over the next 5 - 10 years.
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