"How about Red Sox-Cubs? The team that finally ended its curse a few years ago versus the team’s whose curse continues. And how cool would it be for the two Series venues to be Fenway Park and Wrigley Field?

We also missed out on a Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and White Sox, as well as the Battle of Los Angeles between the Dodgers and Angels."

You have the baseball integrity of ESPN and Skip Bayless. Stick to wrestling.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: I'm not trying to win any converts. My ony goal was to entice people to read it, and you did.

So you need names (hype), personalities (drama), and a storyline (something/one to tell you who to root for because you can't make a decision on your own) to be interested in watching a game? A real fan of the game would watch it regardless. Someone like you, who needs direction regarding how to think when watching TV, would clearly prefer wrestling. Therefore this whole article is warped logic. Some people just like baseball, and to them the series will be awesome. Some people like wrestling, which they prefer over the series. In the end, this article says a lot about you and virtually nothing about the series. Weak journalism. And yeah, I read it, but only based on the headline. Based on the article? Not so much.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: I don't need someone to tell me how to think. Obviously, I have a strong opinion and am not afraid to state it. Therefore, that is warped logic on your part. And of course what I wrote says a lot about me. It is my blog, after all.

As for it being weak journalism, the main objective of people who express an opinion in their writing online or in print is to get people to read what they wrote. You don't think I knew what I was doing when I used that headline? People who wouldn't normally read a wrestling blog -- perhaps someone like yourself -- will read it.

So, thanks for reading and increasing my traffic.

If they could push Wrestlemania back to July, they could have it at Wrigley Field or Fenway Park. Jeff Hardy could do a Swan Ton off the Green Monster!

Let's Go Phillies! They are the best two teams in baseball...it IS exciting!!

Gosh , how could anyone take this debate so seriously .
Obviously "some' readers don't realize it was written tongue in cheek by an admitted wrestlholic in a wrestling blog !
No need to defend yourself on this one Kev .
By the way Kev , who are you rooting for ?

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: Jack, uh, I mean, Artist, thank you for being the voice of reason (did I really just write that?). Before I posted it, I told one of my colleagues at The Sun that some non-wrestling fans weren't going to get that it was tongue in cheek, even though it's fairly obvious.

To answer your second question, I do not have a strong rooting interest. The part about me not being that excited about the Series this year is a shoot, brother.

Great piece of journalism. That's the thing about wrestling, it has its problems but you know in the end you'll walk away entertained. With sports, you simply don't know that every game.

Maybe that's why Vince decided to make it solely "entertainment" instead of sports-entertainment like the reports say

I found the article quite entertaining, and being a red sox fan i am quite happy with anyone who wishes the series was at fenway

As much as I am a Kane mark, I think equating the Phillies with Kane is selling them short. They may be good but not great, but I'm not sure there was a great team this year.
And to me, seeing the Red Sox in the World Series is about the same as many as it is to wrestling fans seeing John Cena in Wrestlemania main events: they've won enough lately, give someone else a chance.
Going with analogies, I suppose the Yankees would be the Triple H of baseball: always near the top of the profession, partly due to built-in advantages most other teams don't have. Wow, the baseball/ wrestling comparisons are kinda fun...

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: And my beloved Orioles are like The Iron Sheik. A world champion 25 years ago, but now a complete laughingstock.

Wow did you all jump on a man for his opinion or what, typical internet. I have to agree with Kev, Give me Wrestlemania 10 over any world series, or Wrestlemania 17 when Rock and Hogan put on not the best match, but one of the best storylined matches ive ever seen, while Hogan was nursing bruised ribs. Sure Baseball is great, I love it, but sometimes the world series is exciting and sometimes it has no drama like the last 3. The championship series have taken all the thunder from the world series for the last few years. 04 sox beaing yanks, even marlins over cubs was big, last year the world series was pretty boring unless you live in the boston area. So lay off a man for his opinion, its not bad journalism, cause journalism is about writing a story, which he did, one filled with his opinions and he used alot of truth during it.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: Eric, you are a true gentleman and a scholar.

And here we witness The Eck's heel turn.

After years of watching the inept Baltimore Orioles trip over their two left feet, The Eck just couldn't take it anymore after the division doormat leapfrogged them into the World Series. And just like that - swerve! Chair to the back of the head of MLB!

"OH MAH GOD!"

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: Very good insight, RH. You nailed it. Eleven straight years of losing seasons pushed me over the edge. The Rays getting to the World Series was the final straw!

I'm a Red Sox fan, so this series is a bore. Can't wait till WrestleMania 25 though!!

Kev, you may call me Jack :)
How your fingers must have trembled typing I was the "voice of reason " . That will be filed "somewhere" in my pea brain .

erm i'm from england have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe you could do something on proper football (not that rubbish game you play over there), rugby or cricket?

I was wondering when the "heel turn" line was going to show up. I feel your pain with the O's. I am thankful that I was at Cal's last game. That organization hasn't been the same since. Good blog Kevin.

Orioles are the Iron Shiek of baseball. Hilarious Kevin. You may just be genius.

And now that you've got me thinking about it, Wrestlemania has truly brought me far more enjoyable moments that the World Series. Is that sad?

BJ Upton sure sounds like a WWE "comedy" character.

Spot on,

Baseball couldn't have wanted this series the same. Only probably wanted a Brewers/Rays series less.

Kinda like, you said, Kane vs CM Punk at Wrestlemania.

Kevin I still blame your O's for cursing my Phillies back in 1983 and cursed Rick Dempsey hitting 2 hr's when he had like 18 for his career!

Sorry I digress, Dempsey is just so likeable though

There's no question the likes of Hart, Austin & Michaels plus many others have wrestled while seriously injured.

Yet I think Curt Schilling did more than pitch with "a speck of blood" on his sock. The man had to have surgery on his ankle in order to even pitch Game 6 of the 2004 World Series in order to stabilize the tendons. It is worth noting that Schilling spent much of the 2005 season on the DL because of the lingering injuries to his ankle.

Kirk Gibson hit his homerun on a bad right knee and a bad left hamstring and could barely walk much less run around the bases. Look at his career after 1988. His production declines to the point where he retires early in the 1992 season. He did return to the Tigers the following year and did have one more great season with them in 1994.

Finally, as a Red Sox fan, I agree a Rays-Phillies World Series does not equal high ratings. However, no can question the determination of Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli who is fighting a mitochondrial condition that weakens his muscles causing his legs to shake and burn while he is playing. This condition could endanger Baldelli's life yet he has found a way to play albeit on a part-time basis. Surely Baldelli's courage counts for something.

If the Orioles are the Iron Shiek of baseball, who is the Nikolai Volkov?

Kev,

I've read this blog since the beginning, and I have to say, I dont quite remember an entry that has elicited caustic remarks such as this one. Way to increase the blog traffic.

I think it's clear by now that the article WAS tongue in cheek. People screaming for journalistic integrity need to relax.

I do wonder though, if the World Series were to be sold on PPV this year, who would do more buys the Series, or WM25. Something to ponder.

Unless Cole Hamels decides to drop in on the pitcher's mound via zipline a-la Shawn Michaels, im not buying it.

Also, i think the world series would be more interesting if you add some stipulations to it? Perhaps make the teams play for 10 hours straight. Whoever wins the most 9 inning games during that time period wins.

What do you think, Kev?

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: I think you just gave Vince McMahon an idea to form a new baseball league -- the XLB (Extreme League Baseball).

The World Series may be more boring than Wrestlemania, but there's no way in hell anyone could say the same about the Super Bowl. (Well, they could say it, but it wouldn't be true)

"Eleven straight years of losing seasons pushed me over the edge. The Rays getting to the World Series was the final straw!"

How might Cubs fans feel after a 100 year World Series victory drought if the Rays win one this year after having watched the Red Sox break their curse and their rivals White Sox and Cardinals win recently?

" If the Orioles are the Iron Sheik of baseball ", then I'd have to say the Washington Nationals are the Nikolai Volkov.