i'm not really a rockies fan, but i am rooting for them in the world series. they have won 22 of 23. 2 weeks before the the end of the season everyone had written them off. when they made the playoffs everyone said they would lose to the Phillies, and then everyone said they would lose to the diamondbacks. now if you listen to espn you'd think the rockies already lost the world series.
2007-10-23 22:44:20 · 13 answers · asked by hotshot_546 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It's because to the media they seem to have come out of nowhere . Year in year out all you hear about is the Yankees or the Red Sox . For gripes sake the Yankees were swept out of the play offs and they still talk about them day in day out . As far as the AL being so much stronger than the NL the last time I checked St. Louis is a NL Central team and the current "World Series champions" .
On paper any team can appear to be stronger and the talking heads will go that way but you still have to play the games to see who is best and if one of the media darlings get beat they'll talk about how they must have beat themselves instead of giving the so called underdog credit .
2007-10-24 00:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by RWB4646 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
RWB, all due respect to the Cardinals last season, just because they won the world series doesn't neccesarilly mean that the NL as a WHOLE is better than the AL as a WHOLE.
Take a look at the win totals for interleague play, they don't lie, since 1997 the AL has had the edge on interleague play, and with the Cardinals' victory in the world series last season, that makes them the 4th NL club to do so in the last 10 seasons joining the likes of the 03 Marlins, the 01 Diamondbacks, and the 97 Marlins.
Colorado has been an underrated team for most of the season (I as well underestimated them), but they are going against a well known commodity with the Red Sox in Boston. Boston may always get caught up in the sports media hype, but they also have one of the league's best bullpens, a stacked line-up with Youkilis, Ortiz, Ramirez, Pedroia.
Colorado can also bring the noise with the bats since they have Matt Holliday, Troy Tolowitzki, and Jeff Francis as the ace of a pretty good pitching staff. Colorado also has one of the league's top defenses, which can be overlooked at times.
IMO Boston has the edge in this one because they still have members left over from the 2004 world series, most notebly Ortiz, Ramirez, Veritek, Curt Schilling, and their manager Terry Francona among any others I may have missed. Secondly, Fenway Park is never easy on the visiting team in the regular season, much less in the post-season, Boston's 5-1 home playoff record should prove that, especially when Cleveland only needed to win one time in game 6 or 7 to go to the world series.
The interesting thing is that I remember Colorado suprising Boston taking 2 of 3 against them in interleague play this year, however this stage is a bit different, it's the world series. We'll see how the series turns out, but IMO Boston has the edge here.
2007-10-24 03:49:45 · answer #2 · answered by Baltimore Birds Fan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AL baseball is a good 12 games or so better than NL baseball. If you put the Rockies in any division of the American League this season, they finish with 12 fewer wins, easily. They are about to get humbled. That 8-day layoff will not help them, and the Sox have nothing but momentum going for them right now.
2007-10-24 00:13:28 · answer #3 · answered by Deke 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Rockies are an average team that had a lucky run at the end of the season that carried through the post season thus far...Now that they've had over a week off, hopefully they've cooled off and back down to their pre lucky streak level of crapiness.
PS- I'm giving the Rockies plenty of credit by saying SOX in 6.
2007-10-24 02:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
People are counting the Rockies out because they are an NL team and any NL team scores fewer runs because of no DH. Having another hitter makes a huge difference. Nobody is even talking about how the Rockies set the MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD in fielding percentage. Offense is good, but defense saves games. I think that no team is going to sweep, but I hope the Rocks take the series.
2007-10-24 01:24:44 · answer #5 · answered by coloradojazzman01 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Rockies are getting no respect because ESPN is terrified of them. Boston, NY, LA, Chicago all have fans nationwide; all of the networks (esp Fox) want the big market teams in the series. Espn looks at the Rockies as a big hit the networks are taking; they want the Mets, Dodgers, etc for the numbers.
2007-10-24 00:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Patrick J 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They're in uncharted territory...The World Series is a little different from just regular season...The Rockies don't have the experience, while the Red Sox are part of the biggest rivalry in baseball (vs. the Yankees)...
2007-10-23 23:05:54 · answer #7 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
On paper - you have to go with the Red Sox. But not me. I pick the Rockies because of all the intangibles.
I think they will surprise, and win in 7 games.
2007-10-24 02:26:48 · answer #8 · answered by NiceGuy 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
winning the last 22 games isn't that big of a deal
the red sox have the best overall season record this year
and the AL is a lot harder then the NL
the first two games, Boston will win
the rockies haven't even played a game in quite a few days,
and they are playing in Boston
2007-10-23 23:21:25 · answer #9 · answered by girl 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Lol, the NL West is the toughest division in baseball. 8 wins out of 10 games is streaking. 22 of 23 is a pretty dam good team.
2007-10-24 00:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by weaselnutzninja 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋