Friday, October 26, 2007

Game 3 is a MUST win for the Colorado Rockies..

Which should be a given, that they are already down 2-0. However, the one big 'life saver' on Colorado's side is its magical naive streak that has brought them to this point. If being in Colorado's environment can some how resurrect the team's play and give them a shot in the arm, then it could be a whole new ball game. Additionally Matsuzaka is probably the Red Sox's one wild card weak link in their starting rotation, Colorado NEEDS to break through on him, otherwise Red Sox nation will be celebrating early.

Friday, October 12, 2007

If I were a betting man..

I would HAVE to put my money on the Red Soxs to take it all and win the 2007 World Series. The other 3 teams are just too young and don't have enough. Colorado and Arizona are totally on borrowed time. It would not surprise me one bit if the NL got swept this year or only manages to win 1 game in the World Series. And as for Cleveland, my views:
- if Wang had 3 more years under he's belt, he wouldn't have been off his game plan and over thrown like he did
- if it weren’t for those stupid bugs, Joba would have been LIGHTS out in game 2
- if Torre had gotten OFF his ass and recognized that Joba was not ready for a on the road, game 2, crazy bugs moment and put in Riveria
- if the umpires had the rationalization of a normal human and paused the game

It would be 2-2 and going to game 5. And everyone on Cleveland had to play very key roles just to have it at 2-2. Sabathia and Carmona have been great and those games should be very well pitched, but Boston can very easily match and have Matsuzaka and Wakefield following up game 3 and 4. Sure, Dice-k is a wild card but Cleveland counters with Westbrook who has no chance of pitching a gem.

A quick cheat sheet of favorable wagers:
Game 1 under
Game 2 under
Game 3 over / Boston wins
Game 3 over / Boston wins