To follow-up my recent article, I suppose we will now find out who will win it all, the hottest team or the best team. Colorado is as hot a team as we've seen in a long time but can they withstand the pressure cooker/carnival atmosphere of historic Fenway Park? 

Boston came from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Cleveland Indians, but the Indians blew that series, plain and simple. When third base coach Joel Skinner held Kenny Lofton up at third on a potential game-tying play, the wind had been snatched from their sails and the series was essentially over.

Let's be mindful that Colorado outscored Boston 20-5 in winning two of three during their interleague series at Fenway back in June, but that was the regular season and the play-offs are a completely different animal. Will the young and streaking Rockies be able to handle the BoSox in Fenway? We will find out as the two teams square off in Game 1 Wednesday night.

It should make for interesting press, as the Rockies have caught all of the breaks while playing solid baseball on their way to their inaugural appearance in the fall classic, and one would hope that they don't get caught up in the glitz, glamour, and awe of the World Series. Something tells me that this won't happen.

Some young teams don't get caught up in the hype that surrounds the World Series and they remain focused and do what they need to do. The 1972 Oakland A's were an example of such as they, much like the Rockies, had a group of players who came through the farm system together and jelled enough to advance to the World Series in their first five years together.

The BoSox, however, are a proud and confident bunch. Their charge to the finish versus the Indians was reminiscent of their comeback in 2004 when they overcame a 3-0 deficit to beat the New York Yankees and eventually win the World Series, so they have some recent history and major momentum on their side.

They have their assortment of heavy hitters led by David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, but the pitching, with Curt Shilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, and the new Mr. October (ALCS MVP) Josh Beckett, makes all of the difference.

Beckett, who will start game one for Boston, in particular is the "X factor." He is 3-0, with 26K's in 23 innings and a 1.17 ERA in this year's play-offs and 5-2 with 73K's in 65.2 innings and a 1.78 ERA for his play-off career.

Despite the prospect of facing Beckett in the first game, the Rockies have momentum, and lots of it, on their side given their run of 21-1 since mid-September. But, will the layoff since the NLCS championship sweep cost them in this series?

Highly doubtful, as the young Rockies, with almost half the roster born after January 1, 1980 (Yikes! I graduated high school that year!) and 68% of the players holding less than five years experience at the major-league level, look like a team of destiny.

Could it be that they don't know they're supposed to be fearful of the bright lights of October? Who can really say, but, from Matt Halliday and Troy Tulowitzki, to Brad Hawpe and Todd Helton (with the first three having less years in the league combined than Helton), and four of their top starters and relievers owning less than 20 years combined of pro experience, I'd say these guys will not only give Boston all they can handle, but they could be playing this late in the season for quite some time.

Forget the experts, I'll go with the "new kids on the block" and say Rockies in seven.