just reiterating that predictions are dumb. i've seen the improbable sneak up and bite teams in the ass too many times. i will say, ever so boldly, that it will be a torturous knockdown dragout series rife with agita, and i probably won't eat or sleep for a week. i look to mo's sang froid and the ghosts to steel my nerves. and by ghosts i mean i expect the crazy tactician ghosties of billy martin and the ol perfesser camping out in joe torre's skull. edited to add: and speaking of torre, i think that is one undeniable advantage the yankees have.

that said, i am off to purchase one curt schilling figurine and snap its ankle like a twig.