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: 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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