...Jesus H.: TEX 5, TOR 3

Yikes. THREE picks out with injuries? Bautista gets a cramp, Beltre has a back spasm, and Donaldson smells a strange Odor with his entire head.

Not to mention my whole "let's clock the batters for left-on-base" thing has a bunch of guys throwing negative numbers already. The restless ghost of AJ Burnett strikes again! Even though he's not dead.

Points after the jump.

Once more into the breach, my friends!

Tonight's festivities begin at 5:30 PM ET on TBS, DET at BAL (full sked and starters here). A small crew of players this year, but a good mix of picks.

Can San Fran win it all again in this even-numbered year? Who's this year's Little Pick That Couldn't, and who wins the Shane Victorino Memorial Why Didn't Anyone Pick That Guy Award? Will Pujols's feet fall off? Will we miss McCarver in the booth?

Okay, that last one's a gimme, but right now, when we don't know what'll happen and we're all tied at zero, is the second-best part of BPP.

"Is the best part winning?" In theo...ry? The last time I won, God was in short pants, so for me, the best part is fulminating.

Good luck, everyone!

PHI 6, NYY 1

As a Yankee fan, I could have done without that shit last night.  As a Cliff Lee picker, however, I've got nooooo complaints.  And as a pool runner, I like that it's getting interesting...

Your points:

PHI: 5

Jeter, D: 4

Howard, R: 4
Rollins, J: 1
Utley, C: 8 (!)

Sabathia, CC: 13

Lee, C: 22 (in case anyone besides me and Maria cares: 9 innings, plus 3 pts. for the CG, and 10 Ks)
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Kim put some distance between herself and Ben, and Maria 2 elbowed her way into the money thanks to Utley's plate heroics.

Kim: 228.33
Ben 1: 215.66
Maria 2: 196.67
 
Warren: 192.67
Aaron: 192.33

Lauren: 186.67

Sarah: 173.66
Matt: 171.67
Maria 1: 171.33

Tim: 166.67
Stephen: 161.67
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Pedro v. AJ tonight at 8 PM.  I basically need my boy Allan James to throw a no-no while Mark Teixeira gets like ten home runs, or I'm done here.  No problem!