I do.
2007-10-22 14:58:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
YES!
So much for Becket.
Colorado in 6
2007-10-22 18:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by BaseballFan4Ever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO I don't. They'll have 9 days to rest and the chances of them not being rusty when they face Beckett, Schilling & DICE-K are really slim. Not to mention the RED SOX are HOT AS HELL right now and with the one extra days rest at home in FENWAY starting w/ Beckett on the mound the ROCKIES seriously don't stand a chance of taking game 1.
Plus, they are not a very good hitting team away from COORS field with a .222 batting average and once they have to face AL pitches with more than a fastball & change I think that the dream season will come to an end.
Please don't get me wrong, I think the ROCKIES are an amazing team with some fantastic players and this is going to be a a great series to watch but I don't see anything that tells me that it will be as competitive or as exciting as the ALCS was.
If the ROCKIES do beat the RED SOX though there will be no questions that they are the best & not a fluke.
We'll see on WED though.
GO SOX!!!
2007-10-22 22:16:58 · answer #2 · answered by Qbass187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, if they don't, it will be a tight series, like Cleveland vs Red Sox in the ALCS. Rockies has 22-game winning streak but they will end that streak in the world series against BoSox, that's for sure. I hope Rockies win the World Series, I'm tired to see the same teams winning and winning over again.
2007-10-22 22:39:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it will be competitive and go to 7 games but I think that Boston's Home field advantage seems to be huge this year. I would like to see the Rockies win but I don't think that this is their year
2007-10-23 00:19:05 · answer #4 · answered by oriskany14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Man Josh Beckett is on fire, Curt Chilling, Jd Drew David Ortiz Manuel Ramierez Daiskue Matzuzaka man who is going to stop these guys, sorry i forgot JONATHAN PAPELBON AND KEVIN YOUKILIS.
2007-10-22 22:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Rockies have been more amazing than, well, the '69 Mets.
Soothsayers predict they'll finally crumble in the 2007 World Series, though.
Boston advanced to late-season playdates with National League pennant winner Colorado by virtue of a comeback from 3-1down versus AL Central Division champ Cleveland.
Colorado swept both Philadelphia and Arizona en route to its incredible postseason drive and franchise's first-ever Fall Classic.
Boston, which won the 2004 World Series, opened as a big favorite to win both Game 1 and the best-of-seven meeting.
Las Vegas Sports Consultants Sunday night sent Boston out as a minus $2.00 favorite to win the series and the number quickly shot to minus $2.30.
LVSC oddsmaker Ken White cites the fact that Vegas bet shops seriously need Boston to prevail as a good excuse to wager on Colorado for those with a grudge against bookmakers.
"Every book in Las Vegas needs the Red Sox," White said.
"We opened Boston at minus $2.00 (to win the best-of-seven showdown) and it went to minus $2.30.
"We opened conservatively because if it goes too high, money will start coming back on Colorado.
"Boston was one of the favorites all season. You don't lose a lot of money on favorites."
The Rockies are another story.
"We sent them (futures) out at 75/1," White said. "I heard a couple books had them as high as 300/1 at one point."
The Fall Classic opens Wednesday at Fenway Park with Red Sox ace Josh Beckett facing Colorado lefty Jeff Francis.
"Francis is going to have his work cut out in Game 1, especially being a lefty," White observed. "You have that short porch in left and I can just see doubles bouncing off the wall."
The oddsmaker believes Colorado's nine-day layoff definitely will work against the Rockies, an argument with which a pair of Professional Handicappers League members totally concur.
"That's a big advantage for Boston," White said.
"Francis hasn't pitched since Oct. 11 and there's no way he can be sharp.
"He'll need time to loosen up."
East Coast PHL sports analyst >Bill Fishman dittos that an extended vacation might have been more enjoyable for the Rockies spent hanging out at a Tropics spa than spinning wheels in snow of the type that blanketed the Mile High City on Sunday.
"The layoff will hurt the Rockies," Fishman echoed.
"They've had over a week to get ready for their opponent.
"They will make it entertaining, but the Sox win easily.
"They would've given the Tribe a decent showing and had a chance to win, though."
The Midwest's Jimmy Boyd, Fishman's PHL associate, agrees with "Fish" as well as Las Vegas' official oddsmaker that Boston's seasoning is a main ingredient in what makes the Red Sox hot.
"Boston is the more experienced club," Boyd said.
"With homefield advantage and two games with Josh Beckett on the hill, one has to think the Red Sox will prove victorious.
"To pick Colorado in this series, one would be picking on the hope that Colorado stayed hot and that's it.
"Boston has them in every area.
"Even with that being said, this series is likely closer than expected.
"I say Boston in six."
White gives pitching and offensives nods to the Red Sox, but tosses the Rockies a defensive bone.
"One thing I found interesting about the Red Sox is the ALCS marked the first time all year their three starters (Beckett, Curt Schilling and Dice-K) were pulled back-to-back-to-back before they finished the fifth inning.," he said.
"Colorado has it together defensively.
"They also have games at home in which Boston gets no DH.
"I don't think the DH rule will hurt Colorado.
"They can take somebody off the bench to hit for the pitcher at Fenway, but Boston can't use the DH in Colorado."
White acknowledgeds both league reps have Big Mo going for them.
"They both have momentum, but it's hard to carry over momentum, especially after a layoff," White observed.
"I think a better phrase is 'great chemistry.'
"Both of these clubs have solid chemistry, but I think if you're talking talent, you have to go with the Red Sox."
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2007-10-23 11:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no! Red Sox will win 6..they could win in 4 but there gonna probaley win it at home!
GO RED SOX!!
2007-10-22 22:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they totally deserve it
now that the indians are off (not indians fan bw)
i'm rootin as hard as a rockies fan :)
2007-10-23 01:30:40 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ mimi ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope so. I think they have about as equal a chance as the Red Sox.
2007-10-22 22:01:49 · answer #9 · answered by St. Louis Cardinals Fan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry but it's Boston all the way !
2007-10-23 13:18:52 · answer #10 · answered by Gilberto c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋