Wednesday, October 22, 2008

World Series Preview

So many of you may know that I'm an extreme baseball fan. The Yanks are my team, but since they didn't make playoffs this year, my next favorite has gotten my loud and obnoxious cheering. 
The Tampa Bay Rays (formerly the Devil Rays) have been my favorite team since the 7th grade(ish). That's when I really got into the wonderful game of baseball. And I'm sure many of you Redsox fans are going to say "you just like who wins." That's so not true. Not only have the Yankees not won in the most recent of year, but also the Rays haven't won much of anything beside the title of worst team in the mlb before this year. 

The Series starts tonight. And I'm hoping that the Rays win (obviously). However, Sportscenter analysts predict the Phillies will come away with the championship ring because of their offense and relief pitching. The only argument I have against that is: Tampa has a better starting rotation, thus their bullpen isn't going to be as important unless someone doesn't live up to their expectations/obligations.

We'll just see who's going to crack under pressure first. The young Rays team with little experience or the not-as-young Phillies who have a bit more experience. This should be interesting.