MLB Game Picks - Tuesday: July 16, 2013

<div style="text-align: justify;">The All Star Game is tonight and I supposed I should pick who is going to win. After all, the road to October starts here. That was only slightly sarcastic. Home field advantage in the World Series is sort of a big deal. We could debate whether something so important should be decided by an exhibition game. I would be against the idea. But there it is. Despite having to get most of the players in the game, the managers also have to try to win it. Good luck with all of that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of these games are decided early. Whichever starter is not effective will lose the game. The NL has jumped into an early lead in recent years and that lead has held up. The addition in recent years of lots of relief specialists has greatly changed the nature of the game. Having a starter warm up in a position he is unaccustomed is totally different than a pitcher who does it for a living. Frankly, only one or two relievers should be allowed on each team and that is it. But that is not the way it is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The All Star Game pick:</div><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">The National League over the American League: My gut feeling here is that <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harvema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Matt Harvey</a></strong> will come out smoking in his home park and blitz the AL hitters. Meanwhile, like his teammate, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/verlaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Justin Verlander</a></strong>, before him, <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Max Scherzer</a></strong> gets beat up early by NL hitters who build a lead they will not relinquish.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday: 8-7</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Week: 8-7</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Month: 119-78</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Season: 796-624</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Games of the Day: 63-40 </div>

MLB Game Picks - Tuesday: July 16, 2013

The All Star Game is tonight and I supposed I should pick who is going to win. After all, the road to October starts here. That was only sli...

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