Rockies in a Must Win Situation Tonight

Eleven Teams have come back from a 2-0 World Series deficit to win the Series, but no team has lost the first two on the road and come back to win. It does not look good for the Rockies,
and the Red Sox are the clear favorites to win the Series. The Red Sox have an overwhelming
advantage in starting pitching, and a lights out closer and set-up man. American League teams
are built around DH's like David Ortiz, Jim Thome, Frank Thomas, etc. The National League
teams do not have a bench player of the caliber of David Ortiz to fill the role of DH.

But remember the 1996 World Series. Joe Torre's first year as the Yankee Skipper. The Braves
had an overwhelming starting rotation that included future hall of famers, Greg Maddux, Tom
Glavine and John Smoltz. The Braves blew out the Yankees in game one, 12 to 1 at Yankee Stadium. Nineteen year old rookie Andruw Jones became the youngest player to homer in a World Series game and jacked two. Maddux pitched eight shutout innings in game two as the Braves won 4 to 0. The Braves looked unstoppable heading back to Atlanta with a 2-0 series
lead. But the Yankees won the next four and Joe Torre had a world series title in his first year
as Yankee Manager.

Rockie fans do not give up hope. There is no DH the next three games. The Rockies defense including Tulo at shortstop will make the difference tonight. There are a lot of NL fans rooting for the cindarella team to get its first title. Red Sox nation celebrated just three years ago.
I am predicting a Rockies win tonight.

Believe it or not, the 2004 World Series on FOX, won by the Red Sox, four games to zero over the Cardinals was the first World Series in HD. Can you imagine watching the World Series in standard definition now? I cannot. The 2004 World Series had an overall rating of 15.8.
Game 1 of the 2007 World Series had an overall rating of 10.5. The 2005 and 2006 World
Series had overall ratings of 11.1 and 10.1. The 2003 standard definition World Series had a 13.9 overall rating. Did HD bump up the 2004 ratings or was it just the teams that were involved
affect the ratings? I think it was the teams. But if the World Series were not HD in 2007,
my guess is that the ratings would drop considerably. Sports fans are now used to watching in
HD.