The MLB Championship Series

The Championship Series begins this weekend with the New York Yankees facing off against the LA Angels of Anaheim. In a similar East vs. West Coast match up, the Philadelphia Phillies will be opposing the LA Dodgers. Two LA teams and another two teams a Tiger Woods drive apart.

Rooting interests in these games are certainly going to the Angels. Are you really going to root against a team who lost one of, if not their best, young pitching prospect due to a tragic car accident? It got a little misty-eyed in the Lynch household when they all went out to his graphic in center field after they clinched the postseason.

(Yes I am a Red Sox fan but even if the Minnesota Twins were somehow able to pull the upset against the Yankees, I would have a hard time cheering for them. This Angels team has not forgotten about Nick Adenhart. He was a young kid that had so much potential. He was their teammate and the amount of time he was on their team is insignificant.)

The pitching rotation for the Angels is absolutely stacked. I would argue more so than the Yankees. Lackey and Weaver absolutely dominated the dormant Red Sox bats during the division series. They each allowed one earned run in just under seven innings of work. But this Yankees lineup has much more offensive potential than the Red Sox. The one-two punch of Teixera and Arod is being touted as a modern day Ruth-Gehrig. Hard to argue. Especially with Arod finally finding his postseason swagger.

My prediction: Yankees in 6

A rematch from last year's postseason has the Dodgers and Phillies facing off. Great matchup on paper. But I loath both of these teams.

Let me explain...

Manny Ramirez. He was on the Red Sox. He quit on the Red Sox. He is the reason we did not make it past those damn Devil Rays in the 2008 ALCS. He is now on the Dodgers. He is dead to me. He is responsible for the downfall of Big Papi. He single handedly ruined our entire season.

Does that make sense?

The Phillies...I can handle. Their fans...absolutely not. Any fan base that uses inanimate objects (i.e. towels, horns, rally monkeys, sticks) has already guaranteed themselves a seat on bandwagon row. The word of mouth and chant is so much more demoralizing to a player on the opposing team. It doesn't help that most of these fans share the same rooting interest in the Eagles. (Or as I like to call them...Sheagles.) Also, I have this wicked tool of a friend who likes the Phillies and I would be damned to see him jump around like a Sally if the Phillies were to defend their title.

My prediction: Phillies in 7