What a mismatch that turned out to be. The White Sox played nearly perfect baseball in their sweep of the Red Sox. You like small ball? How about that suicide squeeze last night for an insurance run? You like the long ball? Five HRs in Game 1, seven overall. That, along with the Sox usual pitching and defense. Total domination. It will be very difficult to beat the Sox if they keep playing at that level.
The bad news for the Sox is that they have a long time to wait before the next series starts. You hate to sit around when you have that much momentum going.
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i'm happy for the white sox. hard to believe that this is their first postseason series win in 88 years.
which team do the white sox match up better? my guess is the yankees. the yankees, for all their hitting, have shaky pitching, especially middle relief. The White Sox seem to do everything well, and they have four legit starters.
Not that I would feel sorry for either team, but suppose the Yankees-Angels series goes the distance. Thanks to TV, the two teams play tonight instead of in the afternoon. Most Yankee games are long, so this game will likely end past midnight. Figure that both teams depart New York around 3 a.m. ET. They will arrive in southern California around 5:30 a.m. PT. They will get to bed around 7 a.m.-ish. The two teams will have a grand total of eight hours or so before reporting to Angel Stadium for batting practice at around 3 p.m. PT. Game #5 would start 5:15 p.m. PT.
Oh, it gets better. The winner of this series would leave Anaheim at around midnight PT, when you factor in that the postgame is longer for a clinching game. That team would arrive in Chicago at around 6 a.m. CT, into the hotel at around 7, into U.S. Cellular Field at around 5 p.m. CT for a 7:15 p.m. CT.
That wouldn't be so bad if the winning team didn't have to do that routine the night before.
That all said, I like the White Sox' chances to win Game #1, unless Ken Kravec (or some early 1980's starter) is starting. :)
FWIW, whenever a Los Angeles area team plays a Chicago team in a postseason, the results usually favor the Chicagoans. Cases in point -
1985 - Bears defeat L.A. Rams in the NFC Championship Game.
1991 - Bulls defeat Lakers in the NBA Finals (Michael's first NBA title)
I think the last time the L.A. team won was back in 1959, when the Dodgers defeated the White Sox in the World Series.
Prediction (10/11) for the ALCS - White Sox in 6. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of the Western Hemisphere may be down two starters (Colon and Washburn) and are severely road weary, having to play their third game in three days in a third different time zone. White Sox will go with Contreras, Buehrle, Garland, and F. Garcia for Games 1-4.
Format is 2-3-2.
I like the Sox in 7 and wouldn't be surprised if Anaheim won tonight.
Just curious - why wouldn't you be surprised if the Angels won tonight (which they are 3-2 in the top of the 8th as I'm typing this)? The Sox seemingly have the advantages of being well rested and healthy. But then I guess one can say that being off for four days leads to rust.
Key battle - the Sox are good at hitting HR's; the Angels pitchers are good at preventing them.
Sometimes too much rest kills your momentum. The Angels are running on adreneline. They won't be tired until tomorrow.
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