Ok. Lets get something straight here.
President Bush is NOT from NY. In fact, NY is almost (and I did say almost) as liberal as MA. And just because clueless Kerry and Kennedy are from MA. DON'T EVER equate them with the Red Sox, or any other professional sports team in MA.
The truth is, Kerry doesnt have a freaking clue who the players are. Can you say Manny Ortez?
Here is the way I see this thing (politics aside).
The Sox rotation last year was Pedro, Lowe, Wakefield and Burkett. Even without Schilling, the rotation would be Pedro, Lowe, Orroyo (much better then Burkett) and Wakefield. Sox lost on a Managerial blunder, not pitching blunder.
Now.. lets compare the Yanks from last year:
Musina, Clemens, Petite and that dude they "outbid" the RedSox for (his name escapes me at the moment, but it doesnt matter becasue the Yankees traded him mid year) This was a powerhouse pitching staff.
And the Yankees this year: Musina, Lieber, Brown and ElDuque. This is a "doghouse" pitching staff (after Musina, that is).
"It aint ovah till its ovah".
Like I said, its a seven game series.
I stopped paying much attention to baseball altogether once the Yankees brought on Roger Clemens and then traded off Tino Martinez.
I'm just laughing at your obvious socialist tendancies on this thread.
Remember "Liveshot" getting boo'd at the Sox game during the DNCC in Boston? He bounced the ceromonial pitch 10 feet in front of the plate while standing in front of the mound. RAG ARM! The pitch was supposed to be thrown by a veteran of the War in Iraq. Kerry pulled a "do you know who I am?" and then had the soldier dispatched to the nose bleed section of Fenway.
"Lovey! There's an enlisted man sitting next to Ben Affleck! Have him removed like the firehydrant!"