In an effort to build exciting anticipation for the Fall Classic, here is our overly simplified position by position breakdown.
Catcher: Buster Posey, Giants
1st Base: Aubrey Huff, Giants
2nd base: Ian Kinsler, Rangers
Shortstop: Elvis Andrus, Rangers
3rd base: Michael Young, Rangers
Left Field: Nelson Cruz, Rangers
Center Field: Josh Hamilton, Rangers
Right Field: Vladimir Guerrero, Rangers
RH Pinch Hitter/DH: Jorge Cantu, Rangers
LH Pinch Hitter/DH: David Murphy, Rangers
Util IF: Mike Fontenot, Giants
4th OF: Julio Borbon, Rangers
Game 1 SP: Cliff Lee, Rangers
Game 2 SP: Matt Cain, Giants
Game 3 SP: Jonathan Sanchez, Giants
Game 4 SP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants
Relief/Setup: Lopez/Affeldt/Romo/Mora, Giants
Relief/Closer: Neftali Feliz, Rangers
The closest call above was Neftali Feliz over Brian Wilson. Wilson has had a tremendous year and is on the upswing of a promising career. He may have been the best closer in the game this season. The reason we take Feliz is purely on the strenght of his scintilating fastball. We're wearing our scouting hat and are drooling all over the triple-digit readings of the radar guns when Feliz gets his arm cranked up.
We decided not to rank the field managers because there is no way to accurately say who will do a better job managing their teams in this World Series. When it comes to funny baseball card pictures, Bochy never stood a chance against R-Wash.
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We love the musthache, but... |
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... the Jheri Curl trumps all. |
In our opinion, the Rangers have the edge in many of the position head to heads. Of course, this isn't basketball, so it's not like Ian Kinsler will be playing man-to-man against Freddy Sanchez. Pitching wins championships, right? Sometimes, I think it means pitching wins postseason births and luck/timely hitting wins championships. That's where the futility of these predictions lay.
Still, we're here. We need a prediction. I'm going to side with pitching and experience. We give the pitching edge to the Giants in each game, except Game 1. Why? Well, as Joe Posnanksi put it, Cliff Lee has pitched like "a little bit of Glavine AND a little bit of Maddux." If the games when the Giants are underdogs are the games when Tim Lincecum pitches, I think they will do just fine.
Pick: San Francisco Giants in 6
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