Wednesday, October 22, 2008

World Series

World Series
Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Phillies

The world series starts tonight and it should be the first non sweep in a couple of years. The Phillies and Rays are evenly matched when it comes to offense. However, the pitching and momentum favors the Rays. The Phillies have been sitting on their hands for nearly a week now while the Rays staved off a Red Sox comeback and played until this past Sunday. Home field also favors the Rays where they were 57-24 during the regular season.

Having said that, if Cole Hamels can shut down BJ Upton, Evan Longoria and the rest of the Rays offense in Game 1, he could slow the upstart Rays and the Phillies could take the series. I think Hamels is a stud and perfectly capable of doing so.

Result: Phillies in 6
MVP - Cole Hamels

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