World Series Edition!
The Lo-Down: Boston looked like they were gonna be upset by the Indians in the ALCS, but bounced back with three resounding blows to the head, followed by Cleveland’s wife throwing in the towel in order to prevent permanent brain damage. Boston has looked like the best team all year, and now they are just finishing what they started by hitting on all cylinders. Manny and Papi are both hitting, the bullpen has been great, and their starting pitching has been out of this world. I mean, has anyone since Koufax looked as lights out as Beckett has looked this postseason? I don’t have a daughter, but if I did, I would give her to Josh Beckett and hope that he thought enough of her to grace her body with his penis. And don’t forget, I hate this team! But even someone like myself, who would like nothing more than to see them all die a slow and painful death after someone with AIDS pee’d in their eye sockets, has to admit that they are a freakin’ good team.
Keys To Winning: Just don’t die.
Possible Road Blocks: Well, god could finally answer my prayers and smite them all. Or the bullpen could falter like it did a few times during the year(notice how little Gagne has pitched this postseason). Also, the back end of their rotation has been shaky, and if they can steal game 2 from Schilling, Dice K and Lester have been not so great in the postseason and should present win-able games.
The Lo-Down: The Rockies shocked everyone by not losing for about a month and getting to the World Series for the first time in franchise history. But then they hit a wall. Was it the long lay-off between the NLCS and the WS? Nah. Was it the lack of playoff experience on a young roster finally catching up with them? Nah. It was running into a better team. A much better team. Let’s just all take a second to realize that if you imported the Rockies season into the American League (I’m saying let them play against the NL all year, then import their record to any division in the AL) they wouldn’t even have made the playoffs. In fact, they would have finished in third place in the Red Sox’s division. So yeah, their magic run to the through the NL was fun and a great story, and they’ve got some young talent, but they just can’t compete with such a big market team like the Red Sox.
Keys To Winning: Start hitting, and never stop. Their pitching isn’t good enough (although it is very good) to shut down the Sox every night, so they are going to have to out hit them. They will have a decisive advantage when the series shifts to Colorado, because Manny will be a liability in left, and Ortiz will have to play first, bouncing Youklis out of the line-up. Win those three games, and then try to steal one at Boston. Punching Josh Beckett in the throat before he pitches probably wouldn’t hurt either.
Possible Road Blocks: Manny, Ortiz, Beckett, Schilling, Papelbon, Lowell, Pedroia, Youklis…