Tuesday Night Baseball Picks


Boston vs. Royals                  Rockies vs. Pirates
 Winner - ***Sox***                 Winner - Rockies
 RBI Machine - Manny                RBI Machine - Atkins Diet
 WP - Lester                        WP - Jose Mesa

Mariners vs. Yanks                 Nats vs. Marlins
 Winner - Yanks                     Winner - Marlins
 RBI Machine - Jeter                RBI Machine - Jacobs
 WP - Farnsworth                    WP - Willis

As vs. Os                          Mets vs. Reds
 Winner - Os                        Winner - Reds
 RBI Machine - Hernandez            RBI Machine - Griffey
 WP - Ray                           WP - Milton

White Sox vs. Tigers               Astros vs. Cubs
 Winner - Sox                       Winner - Astros
 RBI Machine - Dye                  RBI Machine - Berkman
 WP - Garland                       WP - ***Oswalt***

Rangers vs. Blue Jays              Dodgers vs. Arizona
 Winner - Rangers                   Winner - Dodgers
 RBI Machine - Young                RBI Machine - Kent
 WP - Padilla                       WP - Billingsley

Drays vs. Twins                    St. Louis vs. Atlanta
 Winner - Drays                     Winner - Atlanta
 RBI Machine - Rocco                RBI Machine - Chipper
 WP - Kazmir                        WP - Hudson

Indians vs. Angels                 Philly vs. "A Whale's Vagina"
 Winner - Indians                   Winner - "Whale's Vagina"
 RBI Machine - ***Hafner***         RBI Machine - Gonzalez
 WP - Lee                           WP - Hensley

Milwaukee vs. Gigantes
 Winner - Brew Crew
 RBI Machine - The Prince
 WP - Ohka

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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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