# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/21 "2004-10-05T01:12:51Z")
I’ve gotta go with Yankees, as usual. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/22 "2004-10-05T01:25:22Z")
> [@labtrash](#): > > Red Sox, > > This is our year. > > As required by above law. Yeah right. The Red Sox will win the World Series the same year that Nader is elected President. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/23 "2004-10-05T01:25:31Z")
> [@saluki\_fan](#): > > any specific way you came up with that? Just my take on the various teams’ frontline strength and second half performance, with a smattering of guesswork. I think I rated Atlanta a bit high. ---
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/24 "2004-10-05T01:34:31Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yeah right. The Red Sox will win the World Series the same year that Nader is elected President. I, for one, welcome our third party overlord. ---
**Author:** ![Astacey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Astacey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astacey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/25 "2004-10-05T01:50:49Z")
REDSOX! This is our year! (see above) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/26 "2004-10-05T03:05:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Just my take on the various teams’ frontline strength and second half performance, with a smattering of guesswork. > > I think I rated Atlanta a bit high. I think you rated them a bit high and Boston a bit low. I don’t know what my listing would be but St. Louis would be higher and Anaheim and LA would be considerably lower. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/27 "2004-10-05T05:07:48Z")
Much as I’d love to think that this is finally the year that the Braves pull through, I gotta give the edge to the Cardinals. I’m expecting a 1964 rematch as well, but I think the Cards will be able to prevail over the Yankees. Here’s how I see the teams in terms of relative strength and momentum going into the playoffs: NL: Cardinals Astros Braves Dodgers AL: Yankees Angels Twins Red Sox ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/28 "2004-10-05T13:17:02Z")
I’m rooting for a Twins vs Astros World Series, just to tick off the suits at FOX. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/29 "2004-10-05T16:26:54Z")
I don’t know enough about the AL teams’ strengths to make a confident pick except that I hate the Yankees, this collection of Sox is obnoxious beyond belief, and the Angels, are, uh, who are they again? so that pretty much leaves the Twins by default. For the NL, given my location I’ve gotta root for the 'Stros, and with Clemens-Oswalt-Backe pitching the first three games, I think this time at least they’ll get past Atlanta. After that, who knows? Ya gotta love what they’ve done in the face of considerable adversity (some of it self-inflicted), but they live and die on their hitting, and if the big bats don’t swing in the postseason, they haven’t got a prayer. The Cards appear to have peaked too soon, so I think NLCS will be 'Stros vs. a Dodgers team that has manhandled them in the regular season. So, what I’d like to see: Astros vs. Twins. What I probably will see: (heave, retch, hurl) Dodgers vs. Yankees . ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/30 "2004-10-05T23:59:00Z")
the red sox of course. this is 1904 right!!! in 1904 the sox held the title 'cause they canceled the world series. ---
**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 22, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429/31 "2004-10-22T03:37:31Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Right teams, wrong result. I’d rather be wrong. Either way one of us will have gotten it right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-going-to-win-the-world-series/267429.md?page=1)