Game Picks - Sunday: May 31, 2009

Just to show you how fickle picking games is this year, yesterday's picks included the Padres over the Rockies. It was late and the Fan decided to go upstairs after the Padres scored a run in the top of the ninth to break a six all tie. "Nice," said the Fan.

Once upstairs, the Fan got interested in what the Fan's wife was watching on television and spent a mindless hour seeing who committed this week's murder. After seeing the answer, the Fan wandered downstairs once more to wrap up the day's box scores. The Padres closer, Bell, has been fantastic this year and sported an ERA around 0.30 or something. You guessed it. He blew the save.

It's crazy this year. No game is safe. No lead is save. We've seen teams come from behind when they are down ten runs. It seems like every day there are teams scoring six, seven, eight runs in an inning. It's a nutty year. But at least the Fan squeaked out a decent day after several really bad days.

Here are Sunday's picks:

• The Yankees over the Indians: The Yankees can't let Pavano beat them, can they?
• The Blue Jays over the Red Sox: Ortiz went hitless in four at bats again with two strikeouts. Man oh man. This is a real tough call for the Sox, no?
• The Marlins over the Mets: Like Volstad over Maine.
• The Pirates over the Astros: The heart likes Hampton. The head likes Maholm.
• The Nationals over the Phillies: The Fan must have a Nationals fetish. Can't help himself and keeps picking those perennial losers. But Lannon seems like a better pick over Moyer.
• Detroit over Baltimore: Wieters got his first two major league hits in a losing cause: A double and a triple.
• The Bay Rays over the Twins: Garza. Sounds like a good bet.
• The Reds over the Brewers: Caution! Emotional pick for Owings.
• The Royals over the White Sox: Greinke!
• The Rangers over the A's: The A's should be called the F's at this point.
• The Padres over the Rockies: Let's try this again, shall we?
• The Angels over the Mariners: The Angels' closer blew his third save Saturday night. K-Rod is missed.
• The Cardinals over the Giants: Wainwright has been good lately.
• The Diamondbacks over the Braves: Oh no! Two greenies pitching. Scherzer is less green than Medlen.
• The Cubs over the Dodgers: Eric Milton can't win two in a row, can he? It would be a heck of a story if he did.

Yesterday: 9-6
Week: 44-56
Month: 201-191