The World Series is upon us.  The opener is a mere day and a half away. 

The red-hot victors of 21 of their last 22 games, the Colorado Rockies oppose the Boston Red Sox, who in typical fashion, got down by 3 games to 1 to the  Cleveland Indians before roaring back to take the final 3 games and the AL pennant, outscoring the Indians by 30-5 in the process.

I will not even begin to venture a prediction of the series victors.  One can throw away the on-paper records for the entire season because this series comes down to who has the most heart and more stamina.

It comes down to who will be more adversely affected by rest, or lack thereof; the Colorado Rockies who charged from out of nowhere to catch San Diego for the wild-card, blew through the offensively potent Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks and then got 8 days off, or the Red Sox, who led the AL East for the entire season, cut through the LA Angels, charged back against the Indians and got 3 days off.

AP baseball writer Mike Fitzpatrick gives an excellent position-by-position analysis of both teams for Yahoo sports, although I disagree with his pick of the Red Sox in 5 games. 

As a lifetime Phillies fan, Future Hall of Famer Curt Schilling is one of my favorites, David “Big Papi” Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are fun to watch and I sure hope that Mike Lowell ends up at 3rd base for the Phils in 2008, but those children of destiny — the Rockies are full of young talent and are sentimental favorites.  It’s a tough call and a series to be watched as a fan of the game, not necessarily of either city.

It is too early and too hard to make a call in this series.  Let’s look again after the first two games — the Rockies need to win at least one of the first two in Boston to come back to Colorado for the next three. 

Starting pitchers for Wednesday’s series opener in Fenway Park are Rockies’ ace lefthander Jeff Francis vs Red Sox ace Josh Beckett.   Thursday’s game two pitchers are as yet undetermined.

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