Not much chatter on the World Series around here, so let me start by predicting: Red Sox in 5.

Nothing is worse for a scalding hot team like the Rockies (winners, amazingly, of 21 of their last 22 games) than a day off. When you’re on a roll, you want to keep rolling. But now, thanks largely to the way TV has infuriatingly taken over the baseball play-offs, they haven’t played in over a week. I think that ends the magic. The Sox, in the meantime, had to win 3 in a row (and they did it decisively) against a Cleveland team that was better than any team in the National League this year.

Before their remarkable streak, the Rockies were barely a .500 team this year. I think, after a long lay-off, they revert to form. The Red Sox, on the other hand, were the best team in baseball for most of the year. I’m tempted to say Sox in 4, but I’d give the Rockies at least 1 win. If the Series had started a week ago, I’d give the Rockies a better shot, and if they win Game One I think they have a chance to push it to seven games. But I can’t see them beating Boston.