I'll have to say, I'm a little surprised that Dan doesn't think the Cubs and the Red Sox are going to meet in the World Series this year. It's the matchup everybody wants to see, and there are certain karmic forces at work to make sure everybody gets to see it.

OK, maybe not everybody wants to see it. I'm sure there are some Yankees fans who don't want to watch the Red Sox play in the Series, but nobody outside Yankee Stadium and Camden Yards really cares what they think. This thing is happening, if only because God is as sick of Hank Steinbrenner as the rest of us.

The Cubs haven't won a world title since 1908, and that was when about 80 percent of the world thought a baseball bat was some kind of creepy flying mammal. It has been an even century since then, and weird stuff happens every 100 years, especially when Lou Piniella is involved. Nobody knows this better than the Red Sox, who went 86 years without a World Series championship before going all the way in 2004. It's a match made in baseball heaven.

Baseball wants it. The networks want it. It's going to happen.

Book it, Danno.