On the other hand, I have been intrigued by the coverage of the ALCS, and one can only hope the creativity Fox had in that series will translate to the World Series.

-- The music lead-outs between innings have been all over the place, but that's fine, especially since they seem to capture the mood of the game for that half-inning. Plus, it's nice to see they're willing to pony up the money to get rights to anything, but two Bon Jovi songs? I guess with the Red Sox in the Series, there will be more Aerosmith, Boston, and The Cars being played, but hopefully not Marky Mark.

-- Unfortunately, I don't know what Fox will do if they spot Stephen King in the crowd again since they can't just cut to Tom Gordon anymore. But given the way Flash pitched in the series, it's safe to say that the girl still loves Tom Gordon.

-- I wonder if Al Leiter will be back for the World Series. He was very good, but it seems like he wouldn't say anything for extended periods of time, although he knew when to chime in most of the time with some heady stuff that hopefully didn't go over people's heads. Unfortunately, he also had the bad habit of having to throw out the cliches or reading stats out of the games notes to fill dead air, but then again, so does every other analyst.