Game Picks - Thursday: May 7, 2009

After a week of feeling dumb, last night's success did a lot to bring back the good feelings. Imagine picking Pavano to beat the Red Sox and getting it right! Imagine picking Sidney Ponson to win and him winning! How lucky can a picker get? The only blemishes on the scorecard are the amazingly bad Yankees, Albert Pujols and Duncan doing in Maholm and not going with the gut on Randy Johnson sticking with his every other start Jekyll and Hyde routine.

Tonight's picks:

• Atlanta over Florida: Like Jurrjens over Sanchez. Garrett Anderson had three RBI last night, his first three of the season. The Fan is like the anti-jinx. Whenever a player is bad-mouthed in the FanDome, they have a great game.
• Cardinals over the Pirates: Wellemeyer should get back on track here. Hope Rick Ankiel is going to be okay.
• Mariners over the Royals: As much as the Fan is rooting for Bannister, Washburn is the smarter pick.
• Rockies over the Giants: Not picking against Marquis until further notice. He has a tough matchup against Cain though. Hmm...
• Diamondbacks over the Padres: Dan Haran has been hot of late. Got to go with the hot hand.
• Texas over Oakland: McCarthy over Cahill. Cahill is young and inexperienced but growing. McCarthy is one of the Rangers' better pitchers. Texas out hits the A's.
• Twins over the Orioles: This one is iffy. Bergesen has been very good for the Orioles and Perkins has been erratic for the Twins. Oh well, sticking with the gut on this one.
• Yankees over the Bay Rays: Well, they still have to win some time! Pettitte is due for a win.
• Mets over the Phillies: The Mets got an emotional lift by Santana last night. Pelfrey will build on it and the Mets will jump all over Moyer.
• Reds over the Brewers: Favorite player Micah Owings against Looper who hasn't been good this year.
• Red Sox over Indians: Wakefield is pitching. Enough said.
• Cubs over the Astros: Will take Lilly over Ortiz any day of the week.
• Tigers over the White Sox: Galaragga has been great so far for the Tigers and Buehrle has been up and down. The White Sox don't seem that good overall.
• Angels over the Blue Jays: Weaver is the only healthy Angels' starter so you have to think their one regular pitcher would win over Blue Jay and Ray. Though Blue Jay Ray is kind of catchy.
• Dodgers over the Nationals: Zimmerman has been great for the Nationals, but the Fan can't pick against the Dodgers until they finally lose at home.

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