Game Picks - Monday: June 1, 2009

Unbelievable. This picker is doing about as well as David Ortiz lately. Just a week ago, this daily feature was 22 games over .500 for the month of May. As the month just ended, the final result was one game over .500. Two weeks ago, the Fan had 48 total points at BallHype.com in the "Games" section overall for a season's worth of picks. That tally is down to 16 points. Nemesis, Oriofan8, had more points than that just this week. It's deflating. It's abominable. It's sickening. Frangrant Fan indeed.

Maybe June will usher in a better month. Maybe the league's bullpens will settle down and make things a bit more predictable. And maybe the Republicans will again some day have more seats in Congress. Yeah. One more day like Sunday and the Fan is going to have an opposite day where all the picks are picked the opposite of what the Fan thinks will happen.

Here are Monday's picks. Laugh if you want.

• The Mets over the Pirates: What the heck. Livan will win again. Sheffield will again play well and this whole topsy turvy life will go on its merry way.
• The Yankees over the Indians: Joe Girardi will hypnotize Joba Chamberlain and have him believe the first inning is the second inning so he'll come out smoking instead of throwing Wakefield-like fastballs in the first inning.
• The Marlins over the Brewers: Suppon has to happen good some time.
• The Astros over the Rockies: Oswalt has to win a game some time. Might as well be Monday.
• Oakland over the White Sox: The A's have won one in a row. Let's celebrate!
• The Cardinals over the Reds: Volquez is pitching his first start back from the DL. That's rule #2.
• The Phillies over the Padres: Blanton was brilliant last time out.
• The Dodgers over the Diamondbacks: The Dodgers are back home and they seldom lose at home.
• The Orioles over the Mariners. The Mariners had their guts ripped out by the Angels, which will backwash into this game.

Yesterday: 3-12
Week: 3-12
Month: 204-203 [[whimper]]