Daily Picks

I'm surprised by the interest of this blog and the requests for posting rights so over the weekend, I plan on building out the blog to allow for others to contribute, but maintain some organization to the site. Already received a complaint from one of our contributors that he feels "crowded".

Added a new link: Our friend Chris has his own blog over at BucksSuperStereo.

A's Notes: Tough loss last night, but it was expected and the team battled nicely against Halladay. Glynn, a AAA call up, pitched seven strong innings, but Cruz pitched like crap and the offense stalled once again. For some reason Macha changed the lineup back to April's lineup, with Kendall in the two hole and Hatteberg batting cleanup. Why? Our offense has been clicking with a lineup of Kendall, Kotsay, Chavez, Keilty, Johnson, Hatteberg, Crosby, Swisher, and Ellis. This is one of the many reasons why Macha needs to be fired. Still with all of their troubles, they are only 10 games out of first place (Thank you Red Sox for coming back and winning last night). The Zito trade rumors are now starting, with Hardballtimes stating that there have been talks between the Padres and A's.

Other Notes: Indians continue to falter losing 3 straight against their division rivals, missing a great opportunity to take the opener. Now they have to go up against Garland. How long until they remove Blake from the lineup? Sox continue to track down the O's, but I think that the O's might be able to build a little cushion during interleague play in June since the O's face CO, Pitt, Houston, and Cincy, while the Sox face the Cards, Cubs, Cincy, and Phillies. And finally the Yanks lose another one. What would be more intersting, the Nationals making the playoffs or the Yankees missing the playoffs?

Onto the picks:

Yanks (Wang vs Mays) -137: The Wanger is on the mound trying to end a 4 game losing streak. No way they continue to lose. Just no way!!! I will eat my plaid shorts if they lose today.
D-Backs (Vaz vs. Padilla) +110: How is Vazquez an underdog?
Phillies (Meyers vs. Ortiz) -173: Game 2 of the double header. Ortiz has been getting shelled and hopefully that trend continues.
Giants/Mets Under 9 -110: Has anyone taken a look at the NL East Standings. The Phillies are in last place, but yet 2.5 games out. The Mets are at 28-26 and in 4th place, but only 1 game out.

Yesterday: 4-0 +495
YTD: 6-3 +305