Guest columnist - Adam Samuel on the World Series

I possibly did not mention that Adam is a die hard Red Sox fan. I assume this is completely normal for middle aged Jewish men from North London.........Here is his take on the "Fall Classic" which starts tonight. Let's call this part 1 as his idea of 100 words and mine are not quite the same!

"The Red Sox have the class, the payroll and the stats. The Rockies have the grit and the confidence of the extraordinary run into and through the play offs and their defence is as good as any in history with no weak spots. It could make for a compelling World Series or the Red Sox could just roll over the Rox like David Ortiz smothering David Eckstein.

Boston had the best pitching, the third best offence and defence in the Majors not to mention (with the Indians) the best record in baseball. The team is balanced and powerful in most of the right places and yet.....