The World Series

     It's finally here: The Fall Classic. After 6 months of glory and pain, two teams now find themselves on the cusp of glory. The Texas Rangers are no strangers to these parts. A trip to the series last year proved to be too much as they lost to the Giants handy. This year, they flew through the AL West, handled the Rays in the ALDS, and absolutely slugged past the Tigers. As everyone was obsessing over the Red Sox and Yankees, this team endured the talk and showed why they are going to the World Series for the second straight year. On the other side, the Cardinals have been away for a while. Since their 2006 series, the Cards have been a contender every year, but just haven't been able to push past the rest of the National League. This year, they finally put it all together, but just barely. They got into the playoffs with some major help from the Brave's monumental September collapse. Then, they had their backs against the wall as the squeaked by the fantastic Phillies and capped it all off by handing Milwaukee a NLCS loss.
      So what is to come of this? Only one of the best series that we will have seen in many years. This Series has the star power (Pujols, Cruz), hitting power (Both teams average over 4 runs a game!), and of course, pitching power. The keys to this match up will be the hitting. Early run support will be key because both teams have very explosive bats. Home runs should be plentiful with players the Pujols and Cruz who always have the potential to smack one out of the yard. Like many baseball series, it will all come down to the bullpen. Whoever can pitch better will win the series and with the staff the Rangers have, it is hard not to pick them. You heard it folks. I think the Rangers will win in an epic game seven, sealing on of the best series in recent memory.

Thanks for reading and be sure to look out for my Football picks (out tomorrow) and my end of season grades for the rest of Major League Baseball.

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