Tuesday's Baseball Picks


White Sox vs. Cleveland            Washington vs. Philly
Winner - Cleveland                 Winner - Philly
RBI Machine - Hafner               ***RBI Machine - Burrell***
WP - Sabathia                      WP - Myers

Yanks vs. Tigers                   Brewers vs. Pirates
Winner - Yanks                     Winner - Brewers
RBI Machine - Sheffield            RBI Machine - Jenkins
WP - Farnsworth                    WP - de la Rosa

D-Rays vs. Orioles                 Giants vs. Marlins
Winner - Orioles                   Winner - Marlins
RBI Machine - Mora                 RBI Machine - Cabrera
WP - Rodrigo Lopez                 WP - Moehler

Red Sox vs. Blue Jays              DBacks vs. Mets
Winner - Blue Jays                 Winner - Mets
RBI Machine - Hillenbrand          RBI Machine - Delgado
WP - Chacin                        WP - Soler

Mariners vs. Rangers              Dodgers vs. Braves
***Winner - Texas***               Winner - Braves
RBI Machine - Teixera              RBI Machine - Chipper 
***WP - Millwood***                WP - Villareal

Twins vs. Angels                  Reds vs. Cubs
Winner - Angels                    Winner - Reds
RBI Machine - Garrett Anderson     RBI Machine - Dunn
WP - DreamWeaver                   WP - Clausen

Royals vs. A's                    Astros vs. Cardinals
Winner - Royals                    Winner - Astros
RBI Machine - Dougie Minkowitz     RBI Machine - Ensberg
WP - Bautista                      WP - Pettite

Rockies vs. Padres
Winner - Padres
RBI Machine - Mike Cameron
WP - Young

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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: 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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Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

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