Friday, May 08, 2009

Game Picks - Friday: May 8, 2009

It's not fair! It's not fair! Somebody should let people picking games know that a major player is going to be suspended and a manager is going to be fired before picks are made! Waaah! Oh well, it wasn't a total loss as Micah Owings picked up a win and hit a triple. Life could be worse. Let's see what screwy happenings go on today.

Friday's Picks:

  • Phillies over the Braves: Cole Hamels over Reyes for the Braves. It seems that the NL East will feature a bunch of leap-frogging with different teams beating up on different teams.
  • Yankees over the Orioles: Because, spammit! The stupid team has to win some time! Plus A-Rod is back. No matter what he does, he'll provide more protection for Teixeira. Watch for Tex to get hot.
  • Tigers over the Indians: This is a tough matchup with Verlander against Lee. Advantage with Verlander and power versus Lee with guile.
  • Reds over the Cardinals: Cueto versus Pineiro. Depends on which Cueto shows up. But he was dominant last time. Can he do it twice in a row?
  • Pirates over the Mets: Yeah, yeah. This one looks stupid. But the Mets are coming off an emotional series with the Phillies and they have Niese pitching for them. Feel a loss in the bones.
  • Bay Rays over the Red Sox: Like Shields over Penny in this one.
  • Astros over the Padres: Wandy is the man.
  • Brewers over the Cubs: This one looks stupid as well, but the Cubs are starting an unknown Randy Wells, just called up from AAA.
  • Twins over the Mariners: Baker has been showing signs of recapturing his mojo from last year. It's time for him to win.
  • Rangers over the White Sox: Contreras is pitching for the White Sox. Enough said. When is Josh Hamilton coming back?
  • Marlins over the Rockies: Nolasco has to come out of his funk some time. He's too good a pitcher.
  • Nationals over the Diamondbacks: The Nationals have been raking of late and put a comeback hurt on the Dodgers last night. Down six, they won by scoring nine runs. Diamondbacks have been the anti-rakers.
  • Royals over the Angels: Gil (ga) Meche is due for a win and the Angels are starting Martin. This one looks good.
  • Oakland over Toronto: Have to root for a pitcher named Outman (who pitched well last time out).
  • Giants over the Dodgers: The Dodgers' fifty game funk begins. Zito has been pitching well for the Giants.

Yesterday: 7-8
This week: 37-36

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