Thoughts from the outsiders: Los Angeles Angels fan

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on October 31, 2009 3:05 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Icers beat writer Paul Casella offers his thoughts on the World Series...

As an Angels fan and a lifeling anti-Yankees fan, one would think I'm pulling for the Phillies, but that's actually not the case. I can't stand seeing any team win back-to-back championships, unless of course it's one of my teams. Honestly, I can't say I'm "rooting" for one team over the other, but instead just watching the games and hoping to see something exciting happen.

As for predictions, my theory coming into this series was the Phillies would only win if Cliff Lee could somehow pitch four complete games, which obviously is impossible. I stand by my prediction and say the Phillies will win every game that Cliff Lee is on the mound, and lose every one that he is not. Therefore, my prediction is Yankees win the series, four games to two. After recording the six-out save the other night, Mariano Rivera has put himself in a good position to win the World Series MVP award if he is able to close out one or two more games this series and keep the Phillies off the board. So, I'm saying the Yankees win this one in six games with Rivera taking home the second WS MVP award of his career.

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