ALCS = World Series ?

Well, here I type, the night after, and I am still exhausted! I told myself I would watch the game on TV until 10:30, and listen to the rest, as I had to get up for work at 5 am.
Truth be told, I was too nervous to watch it, and listening seemed less stressful! Ater tacking on several runs in the 8th, I made my way downstairs to watch the final half inning......Big mistake, I was so wired, that I did not get to sleep until 2:30am. The 5 am alarm came awfully early. The thought of going to work, and shutting up the Yankee portion of the Indian bandwagon Seemed to help. Until I got to work, and found all but one stayed home ! Boy did the day drag !
I sure hope this does not sound obnoxious, but I think we saw the best 2 teams matched up in a classic battle. The Sox and the Indians traded blows to the end. making for a very exciting series.
Looking ahead, I just don't get the same feel for the Sox vs the Rox matchup.
The 2 things that stick out to me as a Sox fan :

Who is gonna be the Rox DH ? Nobody on the bench scares me. may some NL fans can enlighten me on this one.

They only have 3 left handed batters. The Indians lineup was full of lefties. This "should" give the advantage to Beckett, Schilling and Dice-K.

They have swept both their series, so how well will they handle the pressure cooker of a long series ? They have not really been pressured in the playoffs, and we all know the plyoffs are way different than the regular season.

This is just my thoughts, and I really think the Redsox/Indians series was the real Fall Classic!

Side note, I do wish Jaime Carroll well, he spent a season here in Vermont, and you won't find a nicer person !