Tuesday, October 23, 2012

World Series Preview

Baseball's 108th edition of the fall classic is starting tonight at 8:07 on fox for it's 13th consecutive broadcast. Yes, that means more Joe Buck, sorry for everyone. And, for someone who is even worse at commentating in Tim McCarver. But, it seems like a good edition of it. As it pits two teams which most expected to be at least in the postseason. The Tigers more so than the Giants, but it should still be a good series. This is only the fourth time since 1985 when one team swept their LCS and the other went the full seven games in the other LCS. In each of the previous three instances, the team which went seven came out on top. This time seems a little bit different though. The reason being is that the starting pitching for the Tigers, who swept the Yankees right out of the playoffs, (thank you God.) is much better than the Giants. The Tigers starting four of Doug Fister, Anibal Sannchez, Maz Scherzer, and the reigning AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander as a whole are much better than the Giants starting four in my opinion. the Giants have more of a finesse rotation than the Tigers who can strike anyone out at any time. Detroit also has more of a potent lineup than the Giants with big mashers Prince Fielder and AL Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera being a force in the middle being surrounded with quality hitters such as Alex Avila, Austin Jackson, and ALCS MVP Delmon Young. San Francisco has the better defense of the two though, led by NL MVP candidate Buster Posey behind the plate, who is also the teams best hitter now that Melky Cabrera is out. Melky for those wondering was suspended for 50 games for using a banned drug substance. Melky also was the man mostly responsible for giving the Giants home-field advantage for the World Series, as the NL won the All-Star game. Which I still believe is completely stupid, but I won't rant on that right now. Anyway, Detroit has it's biggest concern being in the bullpen, as it doesn't know who will close games for them. Will it be Jose Valverde, who has just completely sucked this postseason, blowing every save he has had a chance at? Or, will it be Phil Coke, who isn't necessarily a closer, but was used as such in the ALCS? San Francisco has been the cardiac kids of these playoffs though, as they are 6-0 in elimination games, but just 1-5 in every other game. So, San Francisco will need to come through again to try and win their second World Series in three years. San Francisco doesn't seem to have any weaknesses, but they will lose to the mashing style of the Tigers.

Pick: Detroit in 6.

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