Who do you like and why?
Make predictions - before the games start is preferred.
The title of the thread is intentional - no need to dangle red meat in front of our non-North American (mostly British, but assorted other Euros chime in) friends who have trouble with the concept of baseball's championship being called the WORLD SERIES.
I'm a Sox (errr, make that Red Sox, don't want to offend my friends in Chicago) fan. But also a fan of good baseball, good baseball teams and good baseball chat.
The Rays are for real; they have been since April. They were the best team in the American League this year and they did something that the '04 Yankees and '07 Indians failed to do - finish off the Red Sox after leading 3-1 in games. I am confident that they will represent the junior circuit well. So well, in fact that the WORLD SERIES trophy will remain in the custody of the American League East for another year.
Rays in 5. (I wouldn't mind seeing Garza get lit up - he is a punk, a punk with talent, but a punk nonetheless, puncture the veneer of confidence and he'll implode)
Starting pitching is very strong. And when they throw that kid Price out there, the relief isn't bad either.
Make predictions - before the games start is preferred.
The title of the thread is intentional - no need to dangle red meat in front of our non-North American (mostly British, but assorted other Euros chime in) friends who have trouble with the concept of baseball's championship being called the WORLD SERIES.
I'm a Sox (errr, make that Red Sox, don't want to offend my friends in Chicago) fan. But also a fan of good baseball, good baseball teams and good baseball chat.
The Rays are for real; they have been since April. They were the best team in the American League this year and they did something that the '04 Yankees and '07 Indians failed to do - finish off the Red Sox after leading 3-1 in games. I am confident that they will represent the junior circuit well. So well, in fact that the WORLD SERIES trophy will remain in the custody of the American League East for another year.
Rays in 5. (I wouldn't mind seeing Garza get lit up - he is a punk, a punk with talent, but a punk nonetheless, puncture the veneer of confidence and he'll implode)
Starting pitching is very strong. And when they throw that kid Price out there, the relief isn't bad either.
except maybe his Moms, and she could be pulling his chain, too. 
and they were the first to repeat as World Series Champions back in 1907 and 1908. 
Phillies in 6. The Rays have been great, but the Phils will with the series on the strength of their bullpen, which is the best in baseball, and the relative weakness of the Rays' bullpen in comparsison. The Rays pen is good, don't get me wrong, but it definitely showed serious weakness in the ALCS.
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) so I guess a double championship for Philadelphia is not out of the question. 
