Tuesday Night Baseball Picks

I'm going to do this every Tuesday to show my superior baseball knowledge and basically to track myself to see how I do during the season by simply picking every which teams are going to win the game. Pick the batter who ends up with the most RBIs in the game (Ties count as correct). Finally pick the winning pitcher. I'll also put *s around the biggest locks.

So my stats will be...

Wins - Losses - Winning Percentage
RBI Correct - RBI Correct %
Win Correct - Win Correct %


Red Sox vs. Orioles             Cincy vs. Pittsburgh 
 Winner - Sox                     Winner - Cincy
 RBI Machine - Wily Mo Pena       RBI Machine - Austin Kearns
 WP - Schilling                   WP - Harang

KC vs. Cleveland                Florida vs. Atlanta
 Winner - Cleveland               Winner - Atlanta
 RBI Machine - Travis Hafner      RBI Machine - Chipper Jones
 WP - Paul Byrd                   WP - Remlinger

Minnesota vs. Detroit           Philly vs. Milwaukee
 Winner - Detroit                 Winner - Milwaukee
 RBI Machine - Craig Monroe       RBI Machine - Prince Fielder
 WP - Robertson                   WP - Capuano

Texas vs. Yankees               Washington vs. Cubs
 Winner - Yankees                 Winner - Cubbies
 RBI Machine - Jeter              RBI Machine - Aramis Ramirez
 WP - Proctor                     WP - Zambrano

White Sox vs. Drays             San Fran vs. Houston
 Winner - Drays                   Winner - Astros
 RBI Machine - Gomes              RBI Machine - **** Berkman ****
 WP - Kazmir                      WP - Lidge

Jays vs. Angels                 Mets vs. Cards
 Winner - Jays                    Winner - Mets
 RBI Machine - Glaus              RBI Machine - Wright
 WP - Speier                      WP - Glavine


Ms vs. As                       Dodgers vs. Rockies
 Winner - Ms                      Winner - **** Dodgers ****
 RBI Machine - Sexson             RBI Machine - NOMAAAHH
 WP - Felix Hernandez             WP - Lowe

Padres vs. Zona
 Winner - Padres
 RBI Machine - Adrian Gonzalez
 WP - **** Peavy ****

This will look better next week I promise.

Comments

SgtMajor said…

well there is no baseball in my country, but its ok
you set the pick well
goodluck

2:59 AM

M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

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