Game Picks - Thursday: August 12, 2010

Ouch. A day under .500, but not by much. Just a game under. But still. That's unacceptable. It was one of those nights when every other pick was brilliant and bogus. The Fan has to be smart more than half the time. Thursday is the time to rebound!

Thursday:

• The Mets over the Rockies: Santana has been very good lately. He should beat Hammel.
• The Red Sox over the Blue Jays: And so ends any hope the Jays had of finishing third. The Sweep is complete.
• The Brewers over the Diamondbacks: Will take Wolf over Rodrigo Lopez pretty much every time.
• The Orioles over the Indians: Get on board, join now, join love train. Love train.
• The Twins over the Whtie Sox: Each team has taken a game in this series. The Twins and Liriano need the rubber match.
• The Padres over the Pirates: The schedule has been nice to the Padres. Garland over Duke.
• The Yankees over the Royals: Sabathia should win this one over Chen.
• The Nationals over the Marlins: The trouble with the Marlins is that they can look brilliant and then lose to Livan the next night.
• The Dodgers over the Phillies: Kershaw had his worst outing of the year last time out. He should bounce back and beat Blanton.

And the Game of the Day:

• The Giants over the Cubs: Cain should win unless Wells is very good and he hasn't been lately.

 

Yesterday: 7-8
Week: 34-18
Month: 73-55
Season: 974-715
Game of the Day: 62-50