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World Series Preview

Every year I write this post, and every year you eat it up. Simple people. Simple people.

CONTEXT

The Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals will face each other in the 2011 World Series, which begins on Wednesday. The Rangers have advanced this far by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays and the Detroit Tigers. The Cardinals have advanced this far by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies and the Milwaukee Brewers. Both the Rangers and Cardinals managed to defeat their opponents by outplaying them in a short series.

KEY PLAYERS

Texas:

Roster

St. Louis:

Roster

Both the Rangers and Cardinals are filled to the brim with possible difference-makers. The 50 listed above will likely be the most important.

KEY QUESTIONS

Can the St. Louis Cardinals outscore the Texas Rangers?

They can.

Can the Texas Rangers outscore the St. Louis Cardinals?

They can.

Will one of the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers outscore the other four times?

Most certainly yes!

X FACTOR

The Cardinals will play a maximum of four games at home, while the Rangers will play a maximum of three games at home. The home crowds may or may not help. I imagine there are also intangibles somewhere.

CONCLUSION

Both the Cardinals and Rangers are good teams. The Rangers are probably better by a tiny bit. If you re-played the World Series a million times, maybe 55-60% of the time the Rangers would be crowned as champions. This World Series will be played once. One of these teams will win four games. The other probably won't. The outcome will mean everything, and nothing.

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might be the deciding factor no?

by scott5000 on Oct 19, 2011 3:10 PM PDT reply actions  

I like how this post more or less reflects my interest in this world series.

Well, one of these teams is gonna win. Which one? Whatever, I don’t really give a damn.

by JLC on Oct 19, 2011 3:21 PM PDT reply actions  

#RealTalk

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Oct 19, 2011 4:30 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Nice work

I have read pretty much every single preview of the World Series on the internet and I’ve got to tell you, honestly without any sarcasm, that this was the best preview. It was the most honest, most entertaining, and the writer didn’t try to over complicate what’s going on. Jeff, my friend, you have my stamp of approval. You can post previews like this anytime as far as I’m concerned :P

by johndango on Oct 19, 2011 4:54 PM PDT reply actions  

On my best day, I have never been able to discuss an issue in this much detail

and answer the key questions without providing a reader with any useful information at all.

Kudos!

Not encumbered by the thought process.

by Bart's Evil Twin on Oct 19, 2011 7:05 PM PDT reply actions  

This looks like an upper-management PowerPoint slide deck...

…and then they would make expensive decisions based on this information.

by Saxatak on Oct 20, 2011 7:22 AM PDT reply actions  

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