World Series Game 1 Observations:

***So much for Colorado’s hot streak. An 8-day layoff and a trip to the big boys league certainly cooled off the Rockies, didn’t it? Though I don’t think every night will be this easy, I do believe the Red Sox are a far superior team than their National League counterparts.

The pitching matchups all either favor Boston or are a tossup at best. As any good fantasy baseball owner will tell you, Colorado’ supposedly fearsome lineup isn’t as scary away from their mile high home. Unless the Sox completely collapse, I don’t see any scenario that has this series going longer than 5-games, with a sweep a very real possibility. Of course, I thought the same thing against the Indians, so take that for what it’s worth.

***Move over Reggie Jackson. There’s a new “Mr. October” and his name is Josh Beckett. No, he wasn’t the star of the game because of all the offense, but he would have been had he needed to be. Striking out the side in the first set the tone for the night, if not the series. Beckett’s in such a groove right now, no lineup is going to touch him and you can pencil Boston in for a win every time he heads to the mound.

Chew on these numbers: 33-innings, 35-K's, 2-Walks for the Sox ace this post-season. That's dominance!

***Any doubts about whether Jon Lester would start Game 4 were pretty much erased with Beckett being left in to pitch the 6th and 7th innings despite a 13-1 lead.

***As long as Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis are setting the table like they have been since Game 5 in Cleveland, the offense will continue to roll. It’s just too much for a pitcher, especially a National League hurler, to deal with having men constantly on base ahead of David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez. Even if the Dominican Destroyers aren’t bashing the ball, they’re going to work the count and draw walks, which makes the likes of Mike Lowell, Jason Varitek and J.D. Drew dangerous as well.

***Am I the only one who caught what Tim McCarver said in the 8th inning when Matt Holliday was at the plate? Something about "the bigger you are the longer the stroke." Tell me I didn't hear that correctly, because there's no possible way Joe Buck could have heard that and not busted a gut laughing.

That's how I see it...what's your view?