Tuesday Baseball Picks

Yanks vs. Sox                   Cubs vs. Marlins
 Winner - Sox                    Winner - Cubs
 RBI Machine - ***Ortiz***       RBI Machine - Barrett
 WP - Wakefield                  WP - Wood

Rays vs. Jays                   Astros vs. Nats
 Winner - Jays                   Winner - Nats
 RBI Machine - Wells             RBI Machine - Nicky Johnson
 WP - Halladay                   WP - Eischen

A's vs. White Sox                Brewers vs. Reds
 Winner - White Sox              Winner - Reds
 RBI Machine - Konerko           RBI Machine - Dunn
 WP - Vazquez                    WP - Coffey 

Angels vs. Rangers               Phillies vs. Mets
 Winner - Rangers                Winner - Phillies
 RBI Machine - Blaylock          RBI Machine - Howard
 WP - Padilla                    WP - Ryan Madson

Indians vs. Twins                Pirates vs. Dbacks
 Winner - Twins                  Winner - Arizona
 RBI Machine - Mauer             RBI Machine - Tracy
 WP - Santana                    WP - Valverde

Tigers vs. Royals                Braves vs. Padres
 Winner - ***Tigers***           Winner - Padres
 RBI Machine - I-Rod             RBI Machine - Giles
 WP - ***Kenny Rogers***         WP - Linebrink

Orioles vs. M's                  Rockies vs. Dodgers
 Winner - M's                    Winner - Dodgers
 RBI Machine - Sexson            RBI Machine - Jeff Kent
 WP - Piniero                    WP - Penny

Cards vs. Giants
 Winner - Giants
 RBI Machine - Feliz
 WP - Morris

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Bret Boone

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. Mr. Boone was once the best power hitting second baseman in the league. How questionable was his success? Averages Say: Why the extra plateu in his mid 30s? At Bats Per Home Run Says: Lowest at Bats Per Home Runs at 37? Hmm.... Explaining It Away Yeak, this one is tough. Umm, late bloomer? He showed potential power early in his career and he just liked playing in Seattle a lot more than everywhere else? And umm, his career was kind of like a running backs in that it just all of a sudden fell off the map? Any of these convincing you? The Verdict Guy never hits more than 24 home runs in a season and then in his age 32 season he hits 37? And in SafeCo a pitchers park to boot? And he follows that up with 24, 35, 24 homer years still at SafeCo? And then he completely falls off the map in 2005 never to be heard from again? We've got a Screamer... Man Get Big Muscles In 30s. Hm...

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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