World Series Starts Now (and Hopefully ends before November)

I find myself somewhat less interested in this year's World Series and I'm not really sure why. I have no particular rooting interest, but that is often the case, and I do think that both sides present interesting storylines and personalities. The Rockies offer us an upstart team on a big roll. They are almost too archetypal as underdogs. They have a skinny Canadian on the mound, a rookie shortstop who grew up idolizing Derek Jeter and a young slugger who emerged to have an MVP-calibre season. On the other side, are the big dog Red Sox who have Josh Beckett doing his best to fully assume the mantle of this generation's Roger Clemens and two big-time clutch hitters in Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. The Sox have clawed back into the Series after a brief two-year absence. The Rockies have arrived at this point for the first time.
All this should add up to excitement but somehow, especially with the Rockies having not played in a week, it seems like a bit of a letdown. Most opinions that I've heard, seem to feel the Red Sox just need to show up. The big bats will find a way to plate runs, Beckett seems to be considered automatic and that means the Sox only need two (or maybe even one) other strong performance out of a starter. The layoff may have had a negative effect on the Rockies mojo and no one will think of ill of them for losing. For the sake of an exciting Series, it would be great if the Rockies could show up tonight and find a way to snatch a win away from Beckett. Winning one of the first two would make the shift to Colorado much more interesting. The Red Sox will have some decisions to make for the games in Colorado in order to keep David Ortiz in their lineup. The potential loss of Kevin Youkilis or Mike Lowell or outside chance JD Drew hurts the team a little offensively but hurts the team a lot defensively. The suggestion that Youkilis would shift to third and Lowell would sit, leaves the Sox with two inexperienced and inadequate fielders at the corners against a team with a lineup full of guys who hustle and a leadoff hitter, Willy Taveras, who recorded a startling number of infield hits this year along with his 33 stolen bases in just 97 games. Despite all this, it just feels like the Red Sox will find a way to get the job done. By morning, we'll probably have an idea of which way this is turning.