2008 World Series - Who wins it all?

[hudsonharden]

I'll leave this poll up for 48 hours while all the teams are still in it. Who's gonna be the champ this year?

[MagsMigs]

Cubs, baby!

- Arguably the strongest pitching, certainly in the NL. Brilliant 1-through-4 starters, solid bullpen.
- Big-game manager.
- Home field (until the WS). The success of wild card teams tell us that that doesn't matter, but going in, it helps.
- Strong lineup, top-to-bottom. Only one out of eight starters has an OBP below .350 - and that's Soriano, who happens to be their HR leader.
- Been there before: Edmonds, Lee, Soriano, Pinella
- Been in big postseason games: Ramirez, Zambrano, Wood, Harden, Marquis, Lilly


A litte more intangible:

- Probably the biggest bandwagon
- It's the decade of drought-breaking (Red Sox, White Sox, Angels)
- The last time the Cubs made the postseason for the second straight year: 1908.
- When my Tigers crap away their season, the baseball gods reward me with my horse winning the Series (1995 through 2005 - of course, the Cubs need to get there first).
- They've been stirring for about 5 years now, so they're due.

[KCGHOST]

Its kind of a coin flip this year, but I will take the Angels.

[Disgruntaledmarinerfan]

The Phillies.

This, purely based on feeling. I'm not going on intuition or factual reasoning. For some reason my gut says Phillies.

[gman5431]

Brewers. I would say the team i would consider least likely to win it is the Cubs, even though they had the best record in the NL and are a hot pick. I just dont see them doing it, in fact i have them out in 3 to LA.

G Man

[Seattle1]

Since the Cubs have Lou Piniella, I'm going to give the edge to them.

[Bravesfan1984]

Why no love for Tampa Bay? Do you all think it is a fluke or something?

[Seattle1]

Why no love for Tampa Bay? Do you all think it is a fluke or something?

I wouldn't want Tampa Bay to win it all. That would be yet another expansion team that came into the league at the same time as, or later than, the Mariners with a World Series title. That would make me feel jealous.

:(

[MyDogSparty]

Could you imagine if the NY Yankees (instead of the Rays) and the NY Mets (instead of the Brewers) would have made the playoffs there would have been a chance for a all Los Angeles, Chicago or New York World Series?

[philkid3]

Could you imagine if the NY Yankees (instead of the Rays) and the NY Mets (instead of the Brewers) would have made the playoffs there would have been a chance for a all Los Angeles, Chicago or New York World Series?

Thank god for the Brewers and Rays.

[sflnyc]

Cubs in 2008!

[Imgran]

Red Sox. are the favorites until they're eliminated.

[Knick9]

The Cubbies.

It really is time to put an end to this drought...

[cardsfanatic]

I have no horse in the race... I just hope it's neither the Cubs or BoSox and I'll be happy. That being said, of the teams left I went with the Dodgers. I like Joe Torre and I'd like to see Jeff Kent get a ring. He may have gotten one with the '92 Jays, I don't know.

If I had to pick based solely on play, I'd probably go with the Angels.

[KevinWI]

Yeah, that's right, keep picking the Cubs. Feed the curse, feed the curse. "There is NO way the Cubsters CAN'T win it all this year!"

[STLCards2]

Could you imagine if the NY Yankees (instead of the Rays) and the NY Mets (instead of the Brewers) would have made the playoffs there would have been a chance for a all Los Angeles, Chicago or New York World Series?

Yeah, it would have been 2 NY teams, 2 LA teams, 2 Chicago teams, and a team each from Philidelphia and Boston. Talk about big-market domination.

Anyway, Picked the Angels over the Brewers at the All-Start break. Not a great start for the Crew, but I will stick with my WS pick, the Angels.

[bhss89]

Cubs, baby!

- Arguably the strongest pitching, certainly in the NL. Brilliant 1-through-4 starters, solid bullpen.
- Big-game manager.
- Home field (until the WS). The success of wild card teams tell us that that doesn't matter, but going in, it helps.
- Strong lineup, top-to-bottom. Only one out of eight starters has an OBP below .350 - and that's Soriano, who happens to be their HR leader.
- Been there before: Edmonds, Lee, Soriano, Pinella
- Been in big postseason games: Ramirez, Zambrano, Wood, Harden, Marquis, Lilly


A litte more intangible:

- Probably the biggest bandwagon
- It's the decade of drought-breaking (Red Sox, White Sox, Angels)
- The last time the Cubs made the postseason for the second straight year: 1908.
- When my Tigers crap away their season, the baseball gods reward me with my horse winning the Series (1995 through 2005 - of course, the Cubs need to get there first).
- They've been stirring for about 5 years now, so they're due.

Brilliant 1-4 SPs - yeah, absolutely. BBs will kill ya. Thank you Mr. Dempster.

[bhss89]

Cubs, baby!

- Arguably the strongest pitching, certainly in the NL. Brilliant 1-through-4 starters, solid bullpen.
- Big-game manager.
- Home field (until the WS). The success of wild card teams tell us that that doesn't matter, but going in, it helps.
- Strong lineup, top-to-bottom. Only one out of eight starters has an OBP below .350 - and that's Soriano, who happens to be their HR leader.
- Been there before: Edmonds, Lee, Soriano, Pinella
- Been in big postseason games: Ramirez, Zambrano, Wood, Harden, Marquis, Lilly


A litte more intangible:

- Probably the biggest bandwagon
- It's the decade of drought-breaking (Red Sox, White Sox, Angels)
- The last time the Cubs made the postseason for the second straight year: 1908.
- When my Tigers crap away their season, the baseball gods reward me with my horse winning the Series (1995 through 2005 - of course, the Cubs need to get there first).
- They've been stirring for about 5 years now, so they're due.


Postseason games? Zambrano: 0-1/4.37; Wood: 2-2/3.79; Harden: 1-2/6.43; Marquis: 0-2/4.76; Lilly: 0-2/6.61; Ramirez: .200/.304/.467 (not horrible w/ 1:15 HR/AB ratio, but not great)

Don't insult the fine posters on BBF with uninformed drivel. Do your homework before you post. Being in "big postseason games" doesn't mean jack; producing in big postseason games means something. And BTW, every postseason game is a "big" game.

GO DODGERS!

[DownUnderDodger]

I am tipping the Angels but it is really wide open and I don't believe any of the 8 teams can be discounted.

[Zagi-CRO]

Right now, I think the Dodgers or the Red Sox.