I'm not saying this is going to happen, I'm definitely not saying I want it to happen, but it's a possibility. Can baseball afford for that TO happen? NO. I was thinking about this the other day. The NBA got the Finals they wanted (with or without the help of the refs) and the NBA got the winner they wanted (with or without the help of the refs). Nobody outside of San Antonio and Detroit wanted to see either one of those in the Finals. I think I can safely say nobody outside of Philadelphia and Tampa Bay wants either team in the World Series.
So the question is: Is Bud Selig willing to go David Stern and do what is necessary to make a Dodgers Vs. Red Sox World Series a reality? I don't want to say that the Dodgers or the Red Sox couldn't make it with out any help, but hey you can't forget the old montra of professional sports, actually there's two: If you aint cheating you aint trying and it's only cheating if you get caught.
Think of all the back stories you can come up with. How the prodigal son returns along with his hated uncle. They can go crazy with throwing stats and comparisons of Bay and Manny. What can they talk about with the Phillies and Rays? How a pop up gets lost in Tropicana Field and how Citizens Bank Park is launching Pad and a stupid design of a baseball field?!? With a Dodger Vs. Redsox WS they can even go buckwild talking about the stadiums.
I know Selig will do the right thing.
HUMBERT
He better do the right thing. Damn Dodgers have me nervous. They really should have had game one and nothing went their way in game 2. It's never good when nothing goes your way.
Posted by: Rodrigo | October 11, 2008 at 10:55 PM