The crispness in the autumn air can mean only on thing to a sports fan and that is the World Series of Major League Baseball, or as I like to call it “The Fall Classic.”
This year’s World Series is potentially one of the most unique in the past few years, with the Colorado Rockies facing the Boston Red Sox.
The Rockies have not lost a post-season game this year.
In the National League Division Series they swept the Philadelphia Phillies in three games, then in the championship series they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks in four games.
Although the Rockies are riding the tidal wave of a seven-game winning streak, most experts have labeled the team as the “Cinderella team.”
I can think of a few reasons why the Rockies could be the “Cinderella”; The Rockies have never as a franchise played in a World Series, and in fact have only seen postseason play one time, in 1995.
I can vaguely remember that year, the Rockies only won one game against the soon-to-be champion Atlanta Braves.
The Red Sox on the other hand are in mild terms experienced in the craft of postseason play with 10 appearances in World Series play, of which six times they were crowned champions.
The road for the Red Sox to the World Series started off with a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in division play, but the Cleveland Indians played them a little tougher.
In an almost tragic way the Red Sox went down three games to one to the Indians, but quickly got back up on their feet on the brink of elimination and won three straight games.
The first two games of the series are being played in Boston, followed by the next three at Colorado, and then the final two, if they’re necessary, will be back in Boston.
The weather will certainly play a factor in the games this year, with cold snow in Colorado and the cold winds off the ocean in Boston.
But snow would make for an interesting series for both teams.
The first game highlights the ace pitcher for the Red Sox, Josh Beckett against the Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis. Beckett has 20 wins under his belt this season, and Francis has 17, and that should make for a low-scoring first game.
In Las Vegas the Red Sox are 2-1 favorites over the Rockies, but how reliable are the Las Vegas oddsmakers. In order to prove them wrong the Rockies are going to have to keep up the run and play their best baseball to take down the Red Sox.
This year the Rockies Faithful are hoping the clock doesn’t strike midnight on “Cinderella” until after they have won the series, but most think time has run out on the Rockies magical season.
Only time and a few interesting games will decide the fate of two seriously great baseball teams.

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