| The 2008 major league baseball season is quickly | | | | Mike Lowell is getting on in years, he was red-hot |
| coming up. Which teams really have a shot at | | | | right through the World Series. And they have |
| making it? Which teams are the ones to watch | | | | some new blood to work with in Elsbury and |
| for? Where there be any repeats? That is | | | | Pedroia. |
| exactly what we are about to find out. | | | | Chicago Cubs |
| We are going to discuss several different teams | | | | The Chicago Cubs have been borderline many |
| and what their chances are for reaching this | | | | times, always within reach but never getting |
| years World Series. Will the Cubs make it? Will we | | | | there. Not in the last nearly one hundred years. |
| see the Red Sox vying for their third | | | | Their die hard fans are always hopeful, they are |
| Championship? Will we see an appearance by the | | | | the brunt of jokes, but if the Cubs keep playing |
| Mets, Rockies, or Yankees? Let's have a look. | | | | like they have been in the last few seasons, we |
| Boston Red Sox | | | | may see their unlucky streak broken yet. |
| Still on a high from last years World Series win, | | | | Do not get me wrong, I am not now, nor have I |
| can they do it again? It depends on who you ask. | | | | ever been a Chicago Cubs fan. However, it is not |
| Of course, Red Sox fans are biased; they will | | | | as if they have had a terrible team. In most all |
| always choose their favorite team to win. | | | | occasions, when matching the St. Louis Cardinals |
| However, what you really need to look at are the | | | | the Cubs have won. The team is solid and plays |
| facts. Yes, this is the Red Sox's first Series win in | | | | well together, but for one reason or another tend |
| eighty plus years, but can they do it again? It | | | | to choke when their moment of glory arises. |
| really depends on the Roster. Several of the | | | | If they could keep it together, the Chicago Cubs |
| Sox's major players were beginning to have | | | | are definite contenders for the 2008 World Series. |
| difficulties towards the end of the season. | | | | New York Yankees |
| If you look at age, when compared to other | | | | Fresh off their loss of Manager and four time |
| teams in the major leagues, many would say that | | | | World Series champion Joe Torre, the New York |
| the Sox have no chance in seeing the World | | | | Yankees have some bouncing back to do. A few |
| Series this year, unless they make some definite | | | | roster changes and the organization might see |
| roster changes. Some older players like Wakefield | | | | better results. Of course, it is going to be difficult |
| and Schilling are getting slack because of their age. | | | | to replace a winning manager. However, it is true |
| The best the Sox can hope for this coming | | | | that there has not been a series championship in |
| season is some roster changes and some new | | | | the last seven years. |
| blood to take their playing level higher. Of course | | | | |