White Sox VS. Astros should be an entertaining series for the "REAL" Baseball fan. The series basically comes down to pitching and ocassional Power displays by both teams.
I think that the series will go the FULL seven games with each teams' pitchers playing a prominent role in the outcome of the series. Yes, Clemens and Pettitte have shown that they are Playoff studs, but is Oswalt ready to take the next step and earn the right to be mentioned in the same breath as the afore mentioned stars? Can Biggio, Berkman, Bagwell and others muster enough offense to complement the (expected) stellar pitching performances of their 3 studs?
As for the White Sox, Contreras is the only player on the roster with any real "Big Game" experience (Yankees & Cuban National Team), but in their case, they have a manager in Ozzie Guillen who seems to know how and when to push the right buttons for his team. If Contreras, Buehrle, Garland, and Garcia can continue to be dominant then it MAY make for a short series, if not, timely hitting and solid defense up the middle will be enough for the White Sox to edge the Astros.
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