Saturday, the 4th

Good morning, everyone. The crown and coke went down waaaaay too easily last night. Again, I am not in a position to have much computer time this weekend, so please bear with me until Monday. I hope you all enjoy youe holiday weekend and that none of you lose any fingers with the fireworks. Moving on...

YESTERDAY

I did not see the first highlight or box score until this mroning, but it appears Kuroda held his own and gave me 22 points. Pujols and Utley carried my bats, leading them to a total of 56. My 58 overall bumped me back up to #12 overall, 13 points out of 10th.

TODAY

It appears tht the whole world, aside from a brave few has Lince today. I have him as well, so the bats will be the difference today. Here's the final again....

C: Vatitek

1B: Votto

2B: Hill

3B: Wright

SS: Hnley

LF: Manny

CF: Upton

RF: Hawpe

DH: Sheff

PS: Lince

TOMORROW

Weather:

Cards/Reds 50%

Braves/Nats 60%

Rays/Rangers 50%

Teams Facing Lefty Starters:

Indians, A's, Mariners, Braves, Phillies, Royals, Brewers, Angels, Orioles, Astros

Teams Facing Rookie Starters:

None

Bats to Avoid:

Crosby (1-15, HR)

J. Hairston (4-26)

A. Gonzalez (3-18)

Schumaker (3-18)

Gutierrez (1-10)

Bard (3-21, HR)

Kearns (2-17, HR)

Dunn (1-16)

Belliard (2-11)

Escobar (2-15)

Feliz (4-25)

Utley (4-24)

Rollins (4-23)

Victorino (2-19)

Konerko (4-22)

Podsednik (1-10)

Hardy (3-16, HR)

Hall (2-14)

Tulo (3-18, HR)

Helton (2-14, HR)

Barmes (2-14)

Roberts (3-17)

Zaun (1-10)

Giles (6-31, HR)

Blum (4-23, HR)

Michaels (3-16, HR)

Pitchers:

Lee (4-7 3.39, Kerry FU Wood. vs. Oak)

Richmond (6-5 3.69, 2-3 4.02 in June, 0-1 27.00 vs NYY)

Joba (4-2 3.89, 73 K in 81 IP, 0-2 5.17 at home (vs. Tor)

Carp (5-3 2.42, 0.82 WHIP, 2-2 2.42 on road, .177 BAA at Cin)

Lester (7-6 4.35, 114 K in 99 IP, 3-3 4.01 at home, 3-1 1.85 in June, 0-1 7.94 vs. Sea)

Johan (9-6 3.34, 104 K in 102 IP, 3-4 5.18 on road, 2-4 6.19 in June, at Phi)

Bannister (5-6 3.93, 1-4 4.06 in June, 0-1 12.60 vs. CWS)

Porcello (8-5 3.90, 2-2 4.60 in June, 1-0 0.00 vs. Minn)

Blackburn (6-4 3.10, Lok K's, 3-0 2.61 at home, 1-2 2.37 in June, 0-1 16.20 vs. Det)

Lilly (7-6 3.35, 1.13 WHIP, 4-1 1.85 at home, vs. Mil)

Haren (7-5 2.19, 113 K in 115 IP, 0.81 WHIP, 3-1 2.45 on road, 3-1 1.64 in June, 1-1 0.64 vs. Col)

Jiminez (6-7 3.75, 3-1 2.89 in June, 1-0 0.00 vs. Zona)

Bills (9-4 3.12, 110 K in 112 IP, 3-1 2.85 on road, 3-0 3.38 vs. SD)

Oz (4-4 4.02, 2-2 4.09 on road, at SF)

Neimann (7-4 3.95, at Tex)

Sorry again for the short report today, but Bills seems like the lesser of the evils.

First:

Giambi (3-10, HR vs. good lefty)

Tex (2-2 vs. good starter)

Pujols (14-44, 3HR)

Howard (7-20, 3HR vs. good lefty)

Butler (4-7, HR vs. lefty)

Miggy (4-9, HR vs. good starter)

Lee (2-2)

Prince (6-15 vs. good lefty)

Huff (7-15 vs. lefty)

Easy call. Pujols.

Second:

Castillo (7-14)

Castillo will work, and he's cheap.

Third:

DeRosa (10-24, HR but banged up)

Beltre (4-11 vs. lefty)

Chipper (13-23, 2HR vs. lefty)

Mora (6-18, HR vs. lefty)

Longoria (1-3)

Longoria is cold this week and I don't like the rest. Let me go and get ARod.

Short:

Hanley (1-2)

Guzman (9-26)

Alexei (5-11, HR)

Drew (4-13 vs. good starter)

Renteria (8-25, 2HR vs. good starter)

Tejada (16-42, HR vs. lefty)

Zobrist (1-1)

Ah, I'll stay with Hanley.

Left:

Damon (1-2 vs. good starter)

Lind (2-5 vs. good starter)

Morgan (3-6)

Diaz (9-21, 3HR vs. lefty)

Braun (6-13, 2HR vs. good lefty)

Spilborghs (8-18 vs. good starter)

Lewis (8-14 vs. good starter)

Lee (2-3, HR vs. lefty)

Nothing sounds good. Let me go with Soriano. He never does anything when the numbers favor him, maybe he will when the don't.

Center:

Gwynn (4-7 vs. good starter)

Why not? Upton again.

Right:

Rios (2-6 vs. good starter)

Ankiel (5-16, 3HR)

Ichiro (5-14, 2HR vs. lefty)

Mags (3-6 vs. good starter)

Pence (2-6 vs. lefty)

I think I will go with Ichiro - again, I am doing this in a hurry today - sorry.

DH:

Cust (2-6, HR vs. good lefty)

Sheff (3-9, HR)

Thome (8-21, 3HR)

Kubel (3-3 vs. good starter)

Thome has the numbers - roll with it.

Catcher:

Suzuki (2-5 vs. good lefty)

Mccann (6-20, 2HR in day game vs. lefty)

AJ (7-19, HR)

Benji (4-12 vs, good starter)

Let's give AJ a chance again.

FINAL LINEUP

C: AJ

1B: Pujols

2B: Castillo

3B: ARod

SS: Hanley

LF: Fonzie

CF: Upton

RF: Ichiro

DH: Thome

PS: Bills

STAT CORNER

Lets look today at the best and the worst in On Base Percentage.

The Best:

Pujols .460

Youk .439

Utley .428

Wright .427

Beltran .425

Prince .423

Zobrist .419

Braun .417

Hanley .413

AGon .412

The Worst:

Rollins .250

Davis .259

Benji .267

Giles .277

C. Young .278

Kouz .278

Betancourt .278

Taveras .280

Francouer .285

K. Johnson .287

DISCLAIMER

My picks are my picks. If you choose to follow my lead, feel free to do so at your own risk. Thanks for reading, please come again, pass the word and....

FU For Life Kerry Wood!