A good reason to hope that the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox and win the American League championship: The first game of the World Series is scheduled for October 22. The American League team will host that game. The forecast high for Boston on October 22 is 56 degrees; it will probably be in the mid-40s by game time. The Rays play in a domed stadium.
Over in the National League, where the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers are contesting the championship, it is a showdown between World Series games in Philadelphia (where the weather will be only slightly warmer than in Boston) and Los Angeles (where it will be somewhat warmer). I have two problems with Los Angeles, in spite of its better weather. First, it might not be possible to see the game for the smoke from wildfires. Second, Manny Ramirez, that multi-millionaire crybaby and all-around slob, plays for the Dodgers. As long as he is a Dodger, I'll root against the Bums, even when they are playing a team from Philadelphia -- a city whose denizens once booed Santa Claus.
