B.J who

I am not excited about the 2008 World Series. Because of my general lack of excitement, I do not think I will be watching many games of this years series.  To be honest with all of you, I may have watched only two to four innings so far of the entire mlb playoffs.  Not that there have not been exciting moments, its just that I know the highlights on Sportscenter will cover all the main moments from the games.  I almost purposefully don't watch the games because it makes it more interesting to see the results on one of the late editions of sportscenter after the game has already ended.  

Regarding this years World Series, I would have been much more content with the teams that lost in the semifinals of the playoffs then the teams that won. The losers bracket of the semifinal baseball playoffs would have been ideal.  Especially the story-line of Manny going back to Boston and Torre in the World Series with a different team then the Yankees. Plain and simple it would have been more entertaining to watch, especially for people like myself who had low inning counts already going into the series.  Not to say the matchup is terrrible, it is just not the ideal.  Maybe, I'm expecting what took place in the 2008 NBA championships to happen in all sports finals.  In case you forgot, the basketball situation involved two historic franchises playing eachother, superstars on each squad, and most importantly Bill Russell and Kevin Garnett as well as Luke and Bill Walton doing one on one interviews. Those interviews especially were amazing.  Amazing not because of the interesting stuff being talked out during the one on one conversations, but because both of them contained some of the most awkward moments ever in my history of watching human beings being interviewed.  The way in which Luke told Bill "Happy Fathers Day," was just so darn uncomfortable for everyone involved.  As well, the inability of KG to say anything other than "I feel you," could not have made that particular interview any better (seriously).  

Getting back to this years World Series, the franchises are not historic, there are not superstars on each side (Evan Longoria is not a superstar, yet...), and lastly I don't think Mike Schmidt(the one and only Phillies great) will be doing one on ones with either Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, or Chase Utley (and even if he does, there is no way it will top either of the interviews mentioned above).  While this years World Series is not ideal, there does exist some form of story-line within the whole thing. That story involves the fact that a true underdog does exist.  Please do not argue this fact: Even though the Tampa Bay Rays (make sure to note that I did not include the Devil) had 90 plus wins during the regular season, they are the TAMPA BAY RAYS!!!!!!!  Therefore, rooting for them to win before the series begins would in fact make it slightly more interesting to watch. However, and to conclude, it is a fact that the majority of people reading this could not name two Rays players before the playoffs began.