Who's hangin' with Big Mo?

Well both MLB baseball, the city of Boston, and several members of my family were finally able to breathe again last night. The Red Sox rolled through the Indians to advance to the World Series. I'm sure Bud the Boss is pretty happy to know that this World Series should be pretty widely watched. You could argue that the Series will feature one of the biggest bandwagon teams around against the biggest bandwagon team this season. So a lot of people should be tuning in.

The way the Red Sox rolled through the Indians after falling down 3-1 got me to thinking about momentum. No one really knows how to describe momentum in relation to sports, but you know it when you see it. You know it when a team blocks a punt and returns it for a touchdown. Or when a someone absolutely posterizes some poor dude on a dunk. You can also tell it in both the Rockies and the Red Sox right now. The Rockies have won 21 out of 22, and needed everyone of the first 14 to even make the playoffs. They rolled through both the Phillies and Diamondbacks, and in my book are on the greatest run ever. The Red Sox completely destroyed the Indians over the last three games of the ALCS. They outscored Cleveland 30-5 in those 3 games.

So who has Big Mo on their side as we head towards game 1 on Wednesday?

Many people would probably argue that - whatever it is - momentum goes away if you don't use it. The Rockies will have not played in 8 days come Wednesday. Will they still be riding this wave of Big Mo? Or is it in the hands of the suddenly surging Red Sox? The Rocks had 4 games off before they faced the D'Backs and that didn't hold them back. The real question for them will be how they respond against a team stocked with post-season experience. Hopefully both ride their collective momentum to a great series. I guess we won't really know until it gets underway. But my guess is that when Matt Holliday puts a hole in the Green Monster in the top of the first inning, we'll know!