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T206Monsta“No way the Sox beat the Cardinals. St. Louis has a true murderer's row and it overcomes its mediocre pitching.”
It would be a great series to see the Sox and Cards (1967 rematch).
While Walker, Edmonds, Rolen, Pujols, and Renteria are an awesome heart of the order I wouldn't be so quick to throw the Sox in the hamper.
Good pitching beats good hitting and Shilling\Pedro will be as good as the Cards have faced. Likewise, the Cards have a great staff that matches up well to the Sox.
The Sox do play well as a team. To give the Sox some respect offensively they do have better numbers than the Cards in Batting Average, Hits, Doubles, Triples, Homeruns, Total Bases, RBI, BB, OBP (On-Base-Percentage), Slugging, and OPS (On-base-and Slugging Percentage). The Cardinals have better numbers than the Red Sox in two categories; Stolen bases and Strikeouts (thank you Mark Bellhorn – 177 a new record).
Actually, I like to hype the Cards "Murderer's Row" after all I can remember back to February 2002 when the "Greatest Show on Turf" from St. Louis gave that New England team a real fight in the championship.