Here's why:
This should truly be a tossup series. The Rangers shocked both the Rays and Yankees in the AL, beating them with outstanding pitching and timely hitting. Cliff Lee has been automatic for the Rangers at top of rotation, while CJ Wilson and Colby Lewis have followed with similar good performances of their own. The Rangers' lineup is superior to the Giants, with likely MVP Josh Hamilton, Vlad Guerrero, and Nelson Cruz providing firepower. Meanwhile, the Giants come off an NLCS where they stunned the Phillies with pitching, pitching, pitching. Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, and Madison Bumgarner are all elite, and closer Brian Wilson and his beard has been awesome at the end of all of the one-run games San Fran has played. While without the firepower of the Rangers, the Giants lineup, led by Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey, has gotten timely hitting from NLCS MVP Cody Ross and Juan Uribe. It will come down to pitching, and timely hitting, and the way these Giants have played in so many of these one run games, it should give them an edge. Also watch for home field of AT&T Park to play role, as balls take crazy bounces off right-field wall (see 07 All-Star game), and without DH, Texas may have to play Vlad Guerrero there.
Giants in 7.
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