The World Series is finally here and we have the latest wonderfulness in the San Francisco Giants and the the best story in baseball since 1985 the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals, part of the postseason picture for the first time since winning it all in 1985, have gone on an unprecedented 8-0 run to start the playoffs. A club that came so close to falling to Oakland in the American League Wild Card Game instead has blitzed its way through the last two rounds behind a barrage of catch-everything defense, aggressive baserunning and shutdown relief pitching.
The Giants, looking for their third championship in five years, appear to have recaptured the even-year magic that carried them in 2010 and ’12. It hasn’t been easy, with nearly every game of an 8-2 run going down to the wire, but San Francisco continues to combine solid pitching and defense with enough clutch hits to get the job done. – MLB.com
he World Series begins Tuesday, with the American League champion Royals hosting the National League champion Giants in the second time that two wild-card teams have met in the Fall Classic, following 2002, when the Giants lost to the Angels.
The playoffs have been anything but predictable, so a traditional method of making a prediction for the World Series obviously has to go out the window. Let’s take a look at five key areas, see who has the advantage, and try to figure out who will win that way. – Sporting News
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