For all the talk about the playoffs being a crapshoot (and I agree), this year we may actually end up seeing the two best teams in the World Series (well, the best team from each league, that is.)
Colorado’s already made it, and posted the best run differential in the National League. For some reason they were lumped in with the Diamondbacks as a team that was lucky to make it to the NLCS. But other than a crazy run to end the season, the Rockies shouldn’t be seen as a fluke.
In the American League, both the Indians and Red Sox finished the season with 96 wins, so it’s appropriate that the ALCS is going to seven games. But based on run differential, Boston was the better team, out-Pythaging Cleveland 101 to 92.
So if Boston wins tonight, we really will have the best of the AL versus the best of the NL, which is exactly what the World Series was meant to measure. That’s not to say the best team will win the World Series, but at least we won’t have the fiasco of the ‘06 Cardinals again.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.