It's finally time for the Fall Classic boys and girls and while it's not necessarily one that we pictured at the start of the playoffs, it is clear these are the two teams that deserved to be in his position the most through the playoffs and thus, to us baseball purists, make for the best World Series.
The stories of both franchises having two of the longest droughts in MLB makes for one storyline, but none of these guys were part of those teams. So let's just look at them. The reason this is set to be the best in my eyes is the pitching. The Giants have shown they've had the best pitching all year. And as good as the Rangers were to get out front of the AL West, they knew they had to go get an arm and did so in the biggest way when they got Cliff Lee (who as I write this is killing Giants hitters).
So, who will win this Series? The way I look at it, the pitching on both sides makes it too close to call, so that is a wash. So I took a look at the lineups and offenses for both teams and that is where I think the Rangers have a slight edge. Not a huge edge, but enough pop with their offense to do the most damage, especially when the series moves to Texas for Game 3. They have power and can hit it out, but should be able to get at least one game in SF and steal the home field advantage from the Giants. The key to it all to me has to be Vlad Guerero who had another ridiculous year when everyone wrote him off. I see him making a splash and helping the likes of Josh Hamilton get his.
I'm thnking Bruce Bochy could give the Giants the edge in managing, but I'm also thinking the Rangers won't let their coke head of a manager get in the way of things and make his decisions pretty easy.
My Prediction: I know Game 1 has started, so check the time stamp on
my Twitter post where I predicted at nearly 6:50 this evening the Rangers would win the Series in six games.
Now for some Brewers talk. The rumor mill was set on fire today when Bill Scott of the Wisconsin Radio Network reported the Crew was set to name Bobby Valentine, formerly with the NY Mets in the states and has since been in Japan and is currently with ESPN, as their new manager.
The Brewers beat reporters, Tom Haudricourt and Adam McCalvy, were sent running to get word from Doug Melvin and Valentine who flat out denied anything was going on. Before I get into that, I want to talk about what I think about Bobby V. coming to town because I actually like this move. Yesterday I talked in this very space that it would be a good move for the Brewers to go with Joey Cora. Well, that was just me picking him over Bob Melvin. And, of the three, Valentine, is the pick of the three. There is talk the fourth of the eight candidates is Ron Roenicke, who is with the Angels, is the fourth guy and Valentine would be my pick of those four still.
He is a proven winner. He brings the entertainment factor and is a big enough name where Milwaukee would be on the national baseball map at the start of the season and throughout the year. I also think he, like Cora, would gel well with the young nucleus of the team. His history and his personality would be one the players would get right away and, as a fan, I actually like the idea of him leading this group.
He has made it public he likes the Brewers people and what they are doing (or say they will do) heading into next season. I also see him as the "Big Name" of the group and it would be a huge "Get" for the smallest market in Major League Baseball to woo him into town with a three-year $10 million deal.
Of course, baseball's unwritten rule will have this thing denied for at least a week with the World Series starting tonight and it's kind of an unwritten rule to not steal the limelight from the two teams that are playing to announce things like this during the series. If something must be done, it should be done so on off days, the first of which comes Friday. We shall see. Stay close to your Twitters and Brewers blogs.
Now it's time for the Nussie Hunter. I saw our featured guest of the day a while back on some MTV special and had to do a double take. Well, apparently she's showing us all she is no longer a child star. That someone is JoJo, who has become one damn beautiful woman. She's been documenting it on her Twitter page, posting photos of herself in tight, revealing tops. Umm, just see for yourself below
with a couple more, here.
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