The MLB regular season ended with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers holding the best records in their respective conferences, and now they are squaring off for their first-ever World Series trophy. The chatter on the FOX Sports MLB desk is already wild, with everyone expecting a bare-knuckle fight right to the very last pitch.
The Brew Crew Gets Double the Love
Look, when you have legends like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez making their World Series picks, you listen up. And both of them are leaning hard into the Milwaukee Brewers. Jeter, the Captain himself, sees a mirror match up between these two squads, with both teams doing “great things.” But for him, the tie-breaker is simple: Brewers get home-field advantage and that bullpen. He’s got them taking it in seven games. A-Rod is right there with him, calling this a clash of the “best two teams, best two defenses, the best two everything.” His prediction? Brewers in seven, sealed with a walk-off on home turf. You gotta love that kind of confidence, especially with these two pitching in.
Big Papi Stands Tall For the AL
But hold on a minute, because David Ortiz isn’t riding with his old broadcast buddies. Big Papi is all-in on the American League, making a seriously bold call for the Tampa Bay Rays. He gets it, saying the AL is “a hard league to play.” And for him, the Rays proved their mettle by leading the league “from the very beginning to the end, winning, of all time.” That’s high praise, and it’s why Ortiz is taking Tampa Bay to win it all in seven games.
So, it’s two-on-one among the baseball titans, with a split decision on who hoists the Commissioner’s Trophy. What a series this is shaping up to be, with legends already throwing down their predictions for a fight to the finish. This is going to be epic.
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Originally reported by Fox Sports.
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