4th of July Tuesday Baseball Picks


Baltimore vs. White Sox            Florida vs. Washington
 Winner - Sox                       Winner - Washington
 RBI Machine - Thome                RBI Machine - Nicky J
 WP - Contreras                     WP - Patterson

Angels vs. Mariners                Pirates vs. Mets
 Winner - Angels                    Winner - Pirates
 RBI Machine - Anderson             RBI Machine - Bay
 WP - Santana                       WP - Duke

Red Sox vs. DRays                  Cubs vs. Astros
 Winner - Sox                       Winner - Cubs
 RBI Machine - ***Manny***          RBI Machine - Barrett
 WP - Schilling                     WP - Prior

Tigers vs. As                      Reds vs. Brewers
 Winner - Tigers                    Winner - Reds
 RBI Machine - Thames               RBI Machine - Griffey
 WP - Verlander                     WP - Arroyo

Yanks vs. Indians                  San Diego vs. Phillies
 Winner - Yanks                     Winner - Padres
 RBI Machine - ARod                 RBI Machine - Hensley
 WP - Proctor                       WP - Giles

Toronto vs. Texas                  St. Louis vs. Atlanta
 Winner - Toronto                   Winner - ***St. Louis***
 RBI Machine - Wells                RBI Machine - Rolen
 WP - ***Halladay***                WP - Carpenter

Twins vs. Royals                   San Fran vs. Colorado
 Winner - Twins                     Winner - San Fran
 RBI Machine - Mauer                RBI Machine - Durham
 WP - Bonser                        WP - Schmidt

DBacks vs. Dodgers
 Winner - Dodgers
 RBI Machine - Nomahhhhhh
 WP - Sele

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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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This Is Why the New York Mets Can't Win Anymore

It's pretty simple why the Mets can't win games anymore and are morphing into the second worst team in the National League, they can't score runs. The below chart shows exactly whats happenned to their offensive output since each of the major devastating injuries. The blue line shows runs scored for each game through out the season. The pink line shows the average runs the Mets scored when they had everyone, the yellow when they were missing Delgado, the light blue when they were missing Delgado and Reyes, and finally the purple when they were missing Delgado, Reyes and Beltran. In the abscence of Reyes, Delgado and Beltran the Mets are averaging barely over 3 runs per game. In stark contrast, with everyone on the roster the Mets were scoring just over 5 runs per game. That's a wholesale difference and why their roster now equals a lot of losses and a day by day progression further out of a playoff spot.

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