# So who's going to win the World Series? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429 "2004-10-04T05:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/1 "2004-10-04T05:57:49Z")
In your own humble opinions who is going to win this years world series? Personally I am first and foremost a STL Cardinals fan, but I am a bit concerned about their starting rotation. Personally I think we will see a Houston vs. Anaheim World Series with Anaheim winning their second world series in three years. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/2 "2004-10-04T10:58:21Z")
The Cubbies, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/3 "2004-10-04T11:03:12Z")
Cards over the Sox. ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/4 "2004-10-04T11:20:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The Cubbies, of course! In what year? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/5 "2004-10-04T11:58:24Z")
The Yankees will be there because they have the guys that know how to win. The Cardinals are just better than their NL rivals. So weā€™ll get a rematch of the first World Series in my memory, the 1964 matchup of the Yankees and Cardinals. Only no Boyer brothers this time. Iā€™d have to favor the Cardinals due to inconsistancy in the Yankees starting pitching. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/6 "2004-10-04T15:14:57Z")
The Cardinals have so many ways to win that it doesnā€™t all hang on pitching. I think theyā€™ll take home the ā€œBasket of Flagsā€ this year. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/7 "2004-10-04T16:00:12Z")
**Dodgers Forever!!!** Just maybe not this yearā€¦I donā€™t think they are going to be able to get past the Cards. But I have been wrong beforeā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/8 "2004-10-04T16:04:22Z")
Well, as a member of Cardinal Nation, I want us to win it, and I think we can. Iā€™m a bit concerned, though, that we may not have Chris Carpenter. That kinda worries me, since Matt Morris has been anything but the ace he was in the past. I think we match up well with the Dodgers, and Iā€™m hoping the Braves can knock the Astros off, since the 'Stros have just about had our number this year. The AL is gonna go like usual: Aā€™s and Twins fold in the first round, and the Yankees will crush the Red Sox hopes in a Game 6 or 7 situation. My guess is Cards-Yankees, and Iā€™m taking the Redbirds in 5. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/9 "2004-10-04T16:06:22Z")
Dā€™oh. Substitute ā€œAngelsā€ for ā€œAā€™sā€ in that. I vapor-locked on the AL West, since I donā€™t keep up with the junior circuit. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/10 "2004-10-04T16:21:58Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > Cards over the Sox. Right teams, wrong result. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/11 "2004-10-04T16:27:44Z")
Red Sox, this is our year. Iā€™m required by law to say this. But this time I really mean it. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/12 "2004-10-04T16:30:13Z")
Anahein Angels over St Louis Cardinals. Vlad gets World Series MVP. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/13 "2004-10-04T20:41:25Z")
Red Sox, This is our year. As required by above law. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/14 "2004-10-04T21:56:31Z")
Obviously it will be the Red Sox. I am hoping for an Atlanta - Boston series. Atlanta never sells out, and it isnā€™t that far of a drive from DC to Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/15 "2004-10-04T21:59:30Z")
The Yankees, of course. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/16 "2004-10-04T22:36:32Z")
Likelihood of winning: Atlanta: 19% Anaheim: 17% New York: 17% Houston: 15% St. Louis: 14% Los Angeles: 10% Minnesota: 8% Boston: 0% ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/17 "2004-10-04T22:38:36Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > Dā€™oh. Substitute ā€œAngelsā€ for ā€œAā€™sā€ in that. I vapor-locked on the AL West, since I donā€™t keep up with the junior circuit. Typical East Coast Mentality[sub]TM[/sub], the kind of mentality that will bite you hard in the assā€¦ There will be no Yankees v. Red Sox matchup for the ALCS, one or both will be missing from that match-up. Short series tooā€¦Red Sox better not be caught napping. Yankees are weaker compared to previous Yankee teamsā€¦right in the wheelhouse of the Twins. I know Red Sox fans want to exact revenge on those weak Yankees very badly, but one way or the other, it ainā€™t happening this year. Angels will win the ALCS. The winner of Cards v. Dodgers will determine the NLCS. I think the Cards will probably win in the deciding 5th game, and go on to win NLCS. Cards v. Angelsā€¦hmmmmmā€¦Angels in 7 by virtue of World Series experience. Thanks again for playing Red Sox & Yankee fans! ---
**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/18 "2004-10-04T22:38:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Likelihood of winning: > > Atlanta: 19% > Anaheim: 17% > New York: 17% > Houston: 15% > St. Louis: 14% > Los Angeles: 10% > Minnesota: 8% > Boston: 0% any specific way you came up with that? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/19 "2004-10-04T22:39:06Z")
**Astros** all the way, baby! Theyā€™re hotter than a boiling pot of tar - nothing can stop them, not even a horde of medieval seige-layers at the base of the castleā€™s walls. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/20 "2004-10-05T00:57:49Z")
[Latest betting odds.](http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/bettingzone/mode:o.card:cc16607x.odds:74720x.sid:105087) The Expos are listed, but apparently off the board šŸ˜• . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429.md?page=2)