Game Picks - Sunday: July 12, 2009

Well that didn't take long. The week's picks took a dive faster than a Yankee pitcher against the Angels' lineup. Faster even than Nick Johnson's and Adam Dunn's homers went back to back against the Astros. The one question that remains is why this picker had to lose everything gained in one lousy day? Can you say crushed? Yup. Crushed.

So it is with some trepidation and with a bit of a sheepish feeling that the Fan presents to you Sunday's picks:

• The Cubs over the Cardinals: Kyle Lohse is coming back from missing a few starts. That's always a red flag and Rule #2.
• The Tigers over the Indians: Verlander versus Tomo Ohka. How could this go wrong?
• The Reds over the Mets: Shouldn't have picked against Santana yesterday.
• The Phillies over the Pirates: Happ should be better than Vazquez. What happened to the Pirates rotation?
• The Orioles over the Blue Jays: Who and what exactly is a Rzepczynski?
• The Red Sox over the Royals: Yes, the Royals might have a chance pitching Chen against Beckett. Sure they do.
• The Bay Rays over the A's: Don't know how the A's won yesterday, but the odds are against them doing it twice in a row.
• The Nationals over the Astros: Zimmermann should be better than Moehler.
• The Dodgers over the Brewers: Good match up with Kershaw against Gallardo.
• The Twins over the White Sox: The Fan refuses to believe that the creaky White Sox are better than the Twins.
• The Rockies over the Braves: Braves' rookie, Medlen, isn't as good as Hanson.
• The Yankees over the Angels: Sabathia needs to right this ship.
• The Giants over the Padres: Zito should beat Correia.
• The Marlins over the Diamondbacks: Josh Johnson should over power the snake hides.
• The Mariners over the Rangers: So the Rangers can beat the Angels but not the Mariners?
• The Cardinals over the Cubs: The second half of the day/night double-header and on national TV.

Yesterday: 5-10
Week: 51-47
Month: 72-65