World Series

My prediction? BoSox in 5 games. The Rockies were the hottest team in baseball, but that week-long layoff will have killed their momentum and winning streak. Plus, outside of Francis their pitching is suspect and they have a worse game-day manager than Terry Tito Francona (where did that nickname come from anyway).

What if I find truly remarkable about the Rockies winning 20 of their last 21 is that at one point in September, they were 77-72, a team treading water a couple of games above .500. With their time off, i'm guessing that they'll revert back to the average team they were for most of the season.

(as an aside, in the NL park Francona would be an idiot to sit Youkilis, one of his hottest hitters, and play regular 3B and former Massachusetts Governor, Michael Dukakis. I don't care how many RBIs Lowell has, i could rack up 60 ribbies hitting behind Ortiz and Ramirez (a player my 5 year old daughter has taken to calling "Big Manny," as a natural follow-up to "Big Papi") All of which means, of course, Francona will either play Lowell or platoon the two in Denver to split the difference. Terry Francona, managing not to win games but to not offend his players since 1997.)