[George A.]

Originally Posted by Cory

Umm...I'm afraid you're mistaken.

They have Clemens, Pettite, and Oswalt. Those are 3 of the best pitchers in the game. Clemens was lights out all year, even injured. Pettite was unhittable after the allstar break. Oswalt is a back to back 20 game winner.

All in all, their starting rotation is every bit as good as yours.

Their hitting isn't fantastic, but they've put up runs when they've counted the most, with Bagwell, Berkman, Biggio, and Burke.

Their pen is every bit as good as yours, if not better. Lidge is as lights out as they come. If you're losing in the 7th or 8th, you might as well start packing up and head home, cuz these guys don't blow many games.

As much as you may like the Sox, it's still crazy to say that they will "easily" beat the Astros. I don't particularly care for either team, so I'd like to consider myself fairly objective, and I just don't see any world series victory as being easy, no matter who the teams.

There's only one flaw in your logic, during the regular season how many times were the Astros shut out when Clemens pitched? Even if he threw a complete game and gave up 1 run, if the Astros get shut out then they lose. Also with the Chi Sox taking the first two...the Astros will need to get some giddy-up in a hurry, or this is all but over.