The World Series starts tonight. I don’t care what anyone says. This is better than the Super Bowl, the National Championship Game, the U.S. Open (tennis and golf), one of those UFC tournaments, and the X-Games combined.
So we’ll see the Colorado Rockies, first-timers to the series, against the Evil Empire Jr., the Boston Red Sox. I fear the Red Sox, though, and I fear another year-plus of cocky, all-of-a-sudden Red Sox fans talking about how great their team is.
The Sox are looking good, though, especially seeing as how they came back from a 3-1 defecit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS.
But there are arguments for the Rockies as well — so I’m not that worried. If Colorado can manage to take one game from Boston at Fenway, then they have a shot at winning. Colorado’s stadium, Coors Field, is pretty unique in the effect it has on pitchers. So the Red Sox will lose some of the advantage they might have had in that regard. They’ll also lose something in offense when they go to Coors because the National League doesn’t have that pesky designated hitter rule. Jayson Stark at ESPN notes that the Rockies will have to choose whether David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis or Mike Lowell sits out the games at Colorado.
Stark’s analysis is a little bit rosy in favor of the Rockies, but I’m siding with him.
I can’t take another winter of pink Red Sox jerseys and green Red Sox hats and trash-talking Red Sox fans.
Go Rockies!
Game 1 is 8 p.m. today at Boston.
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