Game Picks - Saturday: June 6, 2009

The futility continues. Perhaps this sounds a little like a whine, but how the heck can anyone predict games this badly for this long? For weeks, this feature picked against Guthrie of the Orioles. For weeks, those picks were correct. Then Guthrie started picking it up and those picks were wrong. So the picks started picking him to win. Who could predict that when that decision was made that Guthrie would then go out and throw such a stink bomb that he couldn't get out of the first inning?

Hey, at least this picker has finally gotten on the Pavano bandwagon, though that bandwagon looks more like an old Volkswagon bus with all the peace signs on it. At least this picker has finally gotten on the Millwood bandwagon. But, dang it, the Fan still can't figure out how to get passed the blown saves that keep messing things up like they did in the Detroit game where Verlander was again amazing, throwing eight scoreless innings before Rodney blew the game in the ninth.

Ah well. At least it's a beautiful day and the golf course is calling. The Fan will be there in an hour.

Today's picks:

• The Yankees over the Bay Rays: Sabathia over Price. Experience over youth. This matchup was rained out yesterday.
• The Blue Jays over the Royals: Hochever still hasn't shown the promise everyone hoped he would show.
• The Indians over the White Sox: Like Sowers over Floyd.
• The Phillies over the Dodgers: Like Blanton in this one. Though it's hard to pick against the Dodgers at home.
• The Twins over the Mariners: The Twins win the battle of the burns as Blackburn is too hard to clean by Washburn.
• The Marlins over the Giants: Miller has been impossible to predict. Going with reverse theory here. Don't expect him to do well, so he will.
• The Nationals over the Mets: Why does the Fan keep expecting the Nats to win? It's a mystery that must be rooted in some deep childhood trauma.
• The Pirates over the Astros: Good matchup of Maholm versus Oswalt. Going with the younger pitcher.
• The Tigers over the Angels: Escobar is back from the DL. That's Rule #2.
• The Cubs over the Reds: Dempster has made this picker look stupid lately. The Reds are pitching somebody named Maloney. Who the heck is that?
• The Braves over the Brewers: Still don't have the stomach to predict a Suppon win.
• The Red Sox over the Rangers: Lester is starting for the Sox. Holland for the Rangers. Holland shouldn't win, should he?
• The Cardinals over the Rockies: The Fan might have this figured out now. Wellemeyer is the good one and Wainwright is the bad one. Got it.
• The Orioles over the A's: A battle of young pitchers. Who knows which one will be better. Crapshoot city.
• The Diamondbacks over the Padres: For no other reason other than it was correct yesterday.

Yesterday: 6-8
Week: 32-47
Month: 29-34