I hope that it's the Jays and Rays fighting it out in late September.  It could happen, but more likely it will be the Sox and Yanks again. Sigh.

Wow, I didn't see Boston whitewashing this one quite so thoroughly. I still don't see muchdifference between them and the Yankees (like every season it seems), although I'm sure the season previews will help me figure it out better. Without Schilling, and from everything I've read, it sounds like he'll be gone for the year, Boston gets awfully thin in the rotation, actually ending up much like the Yankees and putting a lot of hope into a lot of youngsters. I know the Yankees have seemed like this every year this century and it hasn't happened yet, but Boston has a lot of players on the wrong side of 30 (Varitek, Ramirez, Ortiz, Lowell, Drew, Lugo, except he already stunk last year) in the starting lineup who could finally drop off sharply.

I voted for Toronto... and for some reason I think that our pitching will end up being better than the rest.

I think it's time for Boston and the Yankees to go through some injury struggles.

Maybe that's hopeful thinking... but the law of averages should work sometime.

Oh skippy, I bet the Jays pitching will probably be ahead of the rest, but the bats sure as heck wont be.  Boston/NY will outscore us by a significant margin which means the Jays settling back into the familiar 3rd place spot.

Well, skippy, I appreciate and understand the sentiment, but if we're relying on the "Law of Averages," should the Rays we overwhelming favorites to face the Cubs in the Series this year?

Random thought: when Friend of Da Box Keith worked in the Jays' front office, when he considered a hitter's ability to get on base, was he the team's designted "Law of averages"?

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