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Your guide to
the Fall Classic
Welcome, members of
the Church of Baseball.
The World Series airs
tonight on Fox, and that means
no more Dane Cook “There’s only
one October” commercials on TBS.
Hallelujah! More cause to rejoice:
The Boston Red Sox vs. Colorado
Rockies matchup blesses baseball
fans like Sunday mass (first, eat the
Tostito, then drink the Bud Light).
If you missed the early playoff
action, thank the heavens for this
World Series breakdown, complete
with a revelation of who should
win on (news)paper. Please rise.
Starting Lineups: The Red Sox
and the Rockies boast two of the
best lineups in baseball, each with
a number of sluggers and clutch
supporting casts.
Bostonian bombers David Ortiz
and Manny Ramirez have hit .387
and .400 in the playoffs, respective
ly, and combined for seven homers
and 20 runs batted in.
Bolstering Beantown’s attack are
third baseman Mike Lowell (who
posted career-best numbers of .324
average, 21 HR, 120 RBI)', impos
ing first baseman Kevin Youldlis
and sensational rookie second base
man Dustin Pedroia.
During the regular season,
Rockies hitters assaulted and bat
tered National League pitching
worse than Mike Tyson on steroids
and Jack Daniels. Averaging the
stats of Colorado’s Matt Holliday,
Todd Helton, Garrett Atkins, Brad
Hawpe and Ttoy Tulowitzki as a
group, you get a .309 average with
26 HR and 111 RBI.
But in the playoffs, only
Holliday continued his superhu
man slugging. Helton, Tulowitzki
and Atkins have hit .154, .179
and .185 in the postseason. The
Rockies’ strength lies in their line
up, and they cannot depend on
pitching to bail them out again.
Starting Pitchers: This hinges
largely on which Rockies pitch
ers show up the regular-season
rotation, with every starter’s earned
run average more than 4.00, or the
postseason bamboozlers who post
ed a sub-2.50 ERA in two series.
Jeff Francis, Übaldo Jimenez
and Josh Fogg mystified their
last two opponents, but they lack
experience. Jimenez, a midseason
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THE GARDEN STATE OF MIND
call-up, possesses nasty stuff, but
he needs serious willpower to har
ness it on this stage. And Colorado
places high hopes on Aaron Cook,
slotted to start Game 4 his first
appearance since early August
In any case, the Red Sox hold
the advantage. ALCS MVP Josh
Beckett’s postseason ERA, 1.17,
reflects his talent, which nobody
on Colorado’s staff can match.
Curt Schilling represents more
playoff experience than the entire
Rockies’ rotation, and he pitches
big games as well as anyone.
The Rockies’ best chances are
beating up on Dice-K and Jon
Lester (the injured Tim Wakefield’s
replacement), but they still stack up
better than Fogg and Morales.
Bullpens: This one is a tossup.
Both clubs excel at stifling oppo
nents in the late innings, espe
cially in the playoffs thus far.
Colorado’s middle relief might
be a notch better and deeper, and
closer Manny Corpas baffles hitters.
But Boston’s setup man/closer
combination of Hideki Okajima
and Jonathan Papelbon is the best
in the bigs nobody has scored
on either in the playoffs.
X Factors: Both teams enter the
Series hotter than Eva Longoria in
a sauna. Boston rallied from a 3-1
series deficit to beat the Cleveland
Indians, and the Rockies won 21 of
the last 22 combined regular season
and playoff games. But Colorado
last played more than a week ago,
and that kind of layoff doomed the
Detroit Tigers last season.
In addition, Boston won a World
Series in 2004. Most of the Rockies
have never been to the playoffs.
More than anything, that makes
Boston the clear overdog to win.
But that’s why they play the
games. You may be seated.
Contact Sam Rosenthal
at samrose@email.unc.edu.
Sports
Ababio, Carvajal get first goals in win
BY RACHEL ULLRICH
SENIOR WRITER
After sophomore defender Eddie
Ababio drew a foul in the box dur
ing Tuesday’s game against High
Point, he wanted the penalty kick.
“I just wanted to get my first
goal of the season,” he said with a
grin. “I was ready.
“And it felt good to finally find
the net again. I was a forward and
became a defender this year, so it
feels good.”
Ababio was
one of two play
ers on the North
Carolina men’s
soccer team to
MEN'S
SOCCER
High Point 0
UNC 4
net his first goal in a 4-0 pounding
of High Point.
Joan Carvajal, who had recorded
13 shots before the game, netted a
beauty to end the Tar Heels’ scoring
in the 79th minute.
Carvajal, a junior transfer from
Creighton, slammed the ball from
23 yards out, and it ricocheted off
the right post into the net.
“Most importantly, it’s good to
help out the team,” he said. “We got
a good win. We’re coming off that
loss against Virginia Tech it feels
good. It’s the first time I’ve scored
with this team.
“It feels real good. It’s exciting.”
The win brings the Tar Heels to
5-4-5 for the season and follows a
tough 2-1 loss at the No. 5 Hokies
last weekend.
It also starts off a three-game
home stretch for the team, includ
ing a conference game Friday
against Clemson.
“It was extremely important
for our confidence,” Ababio said.
THIS WEEK
THURSDAY
WOMEN'S SOCCER
vs. N.C. State
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Fetzer Reid
FRIDAY
MEN'S SOCCER
vs. Clemson
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Fetzer Reid
“Coming off a 2-1 loss at VT, that
was very hard on us.
“We got Clemson coming up, so
we’re just starting to get on a roll.”
The Tar Heels rolled over High
Point, with four different players
scoring during the game.
Brian Shriver opened the scor
ing with a shot just outside the
box off a Bill Dworsky assist in the
25th minute, and midfielder Garry
Lewis closed the first half with a
shot from the left comer of the box
into the upper right.
The Tar Heels converted four of
their 14 shots Tuesday, an enormous
improvement from the season’s .087
conversion rate before the game.
“I don’t think it was a big change
in terms of finishing per se, but I
gotta give them credit the goals
were nice,” head coach Elmar
Bolowich said.
Bolowich cited more patience
from attackers as key to the team’s
increased success.
“In the past, we had taken some
shots maybe we weren’t in a posi
tion to shoot or we were off balance
a little bit, and tonight the guys did
a much better job of that,” he said.
Two freshmen saw their first
minutes for UNC at this game,
with Ryley Leech and Bradley
Brown coming off the bench to
allow starters recovery time before
Friday’s game, Bolowich said.
“We had to be sensitive to the
fact that we have an ACC game
coming up, and we are banged
up as it is,” he said. “There was no
point in risking more injuries and
(see starters) missing on Friday.”
The Tar Heels outshot the
Panthers 14-4, and keeper Brooks
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TIME: 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Kouiy Natatorium
VOLLEYBALL
at Clemson
TIME: 7 p.m.
LOCATION: Clemson, S.C.
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at Wake Forest
TIME: Noon
LOCATION: Winston-Salem
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Haggerty, who grabbed his second
start this season, did not have to
record a save until the 77th minute.
High Point rotated keepers
during the half, but both starter
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Whisenhunt allowed two goals and
recorded three saves.
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pie games we struggled a little bit
... and we kind of lost our rhythm.
Today we found our rhythm again.
“Playing at home is a little bit
easier, and we gotta continue play
ing like this. Hopefully we can take
this rhythm back to the next game.”
Contact the Sports Editor
at sports@unc.edu.
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