Thursday, June 29, 2006

Daily predictions

Yesterday I was 3 and 2. That brings my ytd total to 7-8 or 46%. I'm still not as smart as that dreaded coin.

Shock of the week for me is that the Mariners have climbed above .500 and are only two games out of first. I don't expect this to last.


I suppose I'm pleased about this, but frankly I'm having trouble watching the Mariners this year. I have attended one of their games, but frankly I'm tired of American League baseball and that's the way Mike Hargrove manages. It seems to me that when a team has lesser talent you've got to play little baseball instead of base to base like the AL does. I guess the problem with that is that a lot of people love the home run. And it is a business. Team owners would be happy to lose every game as long as they fill all the seats.

This must be the time of the season where losing teams make a run at winning. The Royals are 7-3 in their last 10 games. This won't last either.

Today's picks:

The premier game of the day is Boston vs NYM. Schilling vs Glavine. The teams have almost identical records, so I'll go with the home field advantage.

My sentimental pick is the Cubs over the Brewers.

Cubs over Brewers
Bosox over the Mets
Blue Jays over the Nats
Reds over the Royals
A's over Padres