game 1 is tomorrow at yankee stadium on sportsnet, with schilling for the sox and mussina on the mound. yankees slugger jason giambi is out of the lineup, and bernie williams replaces speedy kenny lofton at centre field.
starting pitchers:
boston: schilling, martinez, arroyo, wakefield
new york: mussina, brown, vazquez, hernandez, loaiza
edge: tie. new york's rotation is shaky, but when they have their 'A' game on, no team can match them. schilling and martinez however, provides a 1-2 punch. wakefiled's knuckler isn't the most reliable pitch either.
relieving pitchers:
boston: embree, lowe, myers, timlin
new york: quantrill, sturtze, lieber, gordon
edge: new york. boston has had trouble keeping leads, and the yankees lead the league in come-back wins
closer:
boston: foulke
new york: rivera
edge: new york. foulke is useless until he's comfortable with a big lead, while rivera is the league's best closer.
hitting:
boston: damon, bellhorn, ramirez, ortiz, nixon, millar, varitek, cabrera, mueller
new york; jeter, rodriguez, sheffield, matsui, williams, posada, sierra, olerud, cairo
edge: tie. depends on which field the game is played on. righty ramirez and lefty ortiz gives boston strong bats, but new york has batters 1-9 that can hit homers. boston's bottom rotation has the edge over new york's bottom rotation.
fielding:
tie. rodriguez and jeter are the best at their position, but boston has a deep roster and a strong outfield. however, asides from damon, no other sox is really a base-stealing threat.
prediction: sox in 6..... because i said so.
anyone else watching the series?
Oh well I'll enjoy it that much more watching either the Astros or the Cards beat the scumbag Red Sox in the World Series. If any franchise or set of fans deserve to be tortured like that it's definitely Boston . 
Red Sox fans make Leaf fnas look like angels. 
