Who Will Win the World Series?

[savage1]

Aside from any futures bets you may have, if someone asked you today who will win the 2008 World Series, who would you choose and why?
My vote would be the Angels;other than fact they have defeated the Red Sox 6 of 7 this year, the most telling reasons are their great road record and just overall very good team balance.
My next choice would be Yankees and then Sox and Tampa Bay roughly equal.
My first choice in National League(behind all of the AL teams cited) would be the Cubs.

[kbsooner21]

Zambrano, Harden, Dempster, Lilly and you put the Cubs 5th?

What other starters can match that in the teams you've listed?

I'm more scared of the D'Backs, Milwaukee, and the Muts as far as starters go than I am anyone of those AL teams. AL doesn't have enough pitching to win it this year imo, unless something goes down big at the deadline.

[GOLDENGREEK]

AL : Angels -- have said it all year

NL : Cubs

WS WINNER: Being a Cub fan...I cant answer that

[savage1]

Zambrano, Harden, Dempster, Lilly and you put the Cubs 5th?

What other starters can match that in the teams you've listed?

I'm more scared of the D'Backs, Milwaukee, and the Muts as far as starters go than I am anyone of those AL teams. AL doesn't have enough pitching to win it this year imo, unless something goes down big at the deadline.

In answer to your question, although not conclusive by any means, the continued dominance of AL over NL in interleague play, the recent All Star Games and WS means something.
This year AL finished a whopping 47 games ahead of NL in interleague play, and the Cubs record was nothing to write home about.
Even the crappy Royals excelled against the NL.
Until NL can prove it can defeat the NL(other than the fluke of St. Louis over the Tigers in WS), in my mind any AL team deserves to be a better bet than any NL team especially one which hasn't won a WS in an eternity.

American League W-L BA HR RUNS ERA
Baltimore Orioles 11-7 .277 23 96 4.20
Boston Red Sox 11-7 .282 27 92 3.64
Chicago White Sox 12-6 .293 30 103 3.42
Cleveland Indians 6-12 .247 17 69 4.47
Detroit Tigers 13-5 .306 24 93 3.79
Kansas City Royals 13-5 .281 17 101 3.68
L.A. Angeles of Anaheim 10-8 .260 11 73 3.09
Minnesota Twins 14-4 .281 15 98 2.44
New York Yankees 10-8 .268 18 89 4.11
Oakland Athletics 10-8 .242 15 73 3.49
Seattle Mariners 9-9 .286 10 83 3.96
Tampa Bay Rays 12-6 .290 23 98 3.21
Texas Rangers 10-8 .270 27 99 4.04
Toronto Blue Jays 8-10 .264 19 82 4.22
Totals 149-102 .275 276 1,244 3.69
National League W-L BA HR RUNS ERA
Arizona Diamondbacks 6-9 .208 7 43 4.67
Atlanta Braves 8-7 .269 12 64 3.38
Chicago Cubs 6-9 .287 18 71 5.20
Cincinnati Reds 9-6 .232 17 54 4.20
Colorado Rockies 7-8 .274 16 61 3.79
Florida Marlins 5-10 .239 18 68 5.39
Houston Astros 7-11 .261 16 69 5.03
Los Angeles Dodgers 5-10 .214 9 44 3.92
Milwaukee Brewers 7-8 .251 30 72 4.47
New York Mets 9-6 .274 19 81 4.13
Philadelphia Phillies 3-15 .220 15 27 4.90
Pittsburgh Pirates 6-9 .247 17 73 6.73
St. Louis Cardinals 7-8 .288 20 69 4.05
San Diego Padres 3-15 .250 17 59 4.90
San Francisco Giants 6-12 .245 6 67 4.44
Washington Nationals 8-10 .251 15 62 4.31
Totals 102-149 .251 252 984 4.58

[MtrCtyPimp]

Winner will be some darkhorse either from the AL Central or NL West.....writing is on the wall.

PEACE

[frankb03]

In answer to your question, although not conclusive by any means, the continued dominance of AL over NL in interleague play, the recent All Star Games and WS means something.

It evens out in a seven game series. The AL has NOT dominated in the WS. The NL has won 3 of the last 7 WS.

[xstac2169]

Angels

Tigers or White Sox have a shot to come out of AL if they can put it all together I think.

From the NL, I would only say the Cubs have a shot. Dbacks have no offense. Mets are too streaky and lack consistant pitching.

[savage1]

It evens out in a seven game series. The AL has NOT dominated in the WS. The NL has won 3 of the last 7 WS.

I will be like Phil Ste ele and pick out my selected time frame to prove my point-Al has won 11 out of the last 16 WS or 68.7%.

[meaiken]

I will be like Phil Ste ele and pick out my selected time frame to prove my point-Al has won 11 out of the last 16 WS or 68.7%.

In that case The NL is 35-25-2 in last 62 All Star games

[kbsooner21]

Savage is blinded by his love affair for the Red Sox and thus the AL.

[savage1]

Kbsooner--then the Cubs are a lock to win it all-happy now?
ps My futures bets are on the Yankees and Angels and NOT the Red Sox-I can separate love affairs from reality-can you?

[aplous]

Aside from any futures bets you may have, if someone asked you today who will win the 2008 World Series, who would you choose and why?
My vote would be the Angels;other than fact they have defeated the Red Sox 6 of 7 this year, the most telling reasons are their great road record and just overall very good team balance.
My next choice would be Yankees and then Sox and Tampa Bay roughly equal.
My first choice in National League(behind all of the AL teams cited) would be the Cubs.

I agree the Angels appear to have Bostons number, but once the postseason hits, it is another story.

The only way to keep Boston out of the WS is to keep them out of the playoffs at all. Tampa and NYY, or Tampa/NYY and wildcard from the central.

[aplous]

PS...didnt even read the whole thread till now, but the NL is garbage....Ya Cubs look great, but AL rolls ass in Interleague, and usually the WS unless the NL has Josh Beckett killing, or the Tigers pitchers throwing balls into the seats.

[kbsooner21]

Kbsooner--then the Cubs are a lock to win it all-happy now?
ps My futures bets are on the Yankees and Angels and NOT the Red Sox-I can separate love affairs from reality-can you?

Where did I say the Cubs were a lock to win it all? I said I think they have a top staff. I'm not blinded by the Cubs like you are with the Sox. I can see the Angels, ChiSox, Boston, Yankees, Tampa, Minny winning it just as I can see the Cubs, Brewers, Mets, D'Backs, Phillies winning it. To disregard the NL over some meaningless interleague and All Star game stats is not "seperating your love affair from reality."

[savage1]

In that case The NL is 35-25-2 in last 62 All Star games

Good one-you should go work for Phil at Nort hcoast-he would LOVE your way of thinking!!!