Final World Series thoughts

SPORTING GOODS

I think everyone can agree that the better team won, and that the White Sox were probably better than everyone thought, or at least peaked at exactly the right time. 99 wins, and then 11-1 in the postseason. That is a good team.

One final bit of info, and then I can start on the path to forgetting who even won in 2005. Last year, I pointed out some analysis done on "win probabilities" that suggested that Manny Ramirez was the wrong choice for World Series MVP, most notably because his outfield butchery in game 1 nearly cost the team the game.

Well, over at Hardball Times, they have done a similar analysis this year, that suggests that World Series MVP Jermaine Dye actually did more than anyone else to help the White Sox win. Blum, Crede, Konerko, Garcia, and crew all added quite a bit as well, it really was a team effort.

On the other side, sucking was a team effort. Lance Berkman may have actually been the MVP of the series, except they generally don't give it to a guy whose team has been swept. But Morgan Ensberg, Craig Biggio, and Adam Everett killed the Astros, almost as much as Ezequiel Astacio did when he gave up two runs in the top of the 14th.

Update: edited to fix the game that Astacio screwed up. Thanks guys.