World Series Game Two just ended minutes ago with the Rockies falling short of getting the split at Fenway they so badly wanted. This game was a polar opposite of last night's: low-scoring and tense. A couple of observations from a guy who hasn't seen very much of the Colorado Rockies.

1) Matt Holliday must be very conflicted right now.

He had four of the five hits the Rox were able to muster, but getting picked off first base in the eighth inning was a true rally-killer for Colorado and took what little wind they had left completely out of their sails. After nearly drilling Jonathan Papelbon with a line drive for his fourth hit of the game (I'm still not convinced that ball didn't go right through Papelbon), he wandered a bit too far off the bag and stumbled and bumbled his way back, too late, for the third out of the inning when the Sox closer threw over.

Where on earth did he think he was going? With eleven steals on the season, and representing the tying run with Todd Helton at the plate, he wasn't likely to be running and if he was, blame Clint Hurdle for a serious managing blunder. Bad move on someone's part to end an inning like that.

2) With Garret Atkins and Troy Tulowitzki, the left side of the Colorado infield should be set for a long time.

Atkins seems as steady as they come at third base and has shown great range and soft hands thus far in the series, and Tulowitzki possesses a cannon for an arm. Very impressive, especially for two such young players.

3) The way Brian Fuentes short-arms the ball up to the plate, it wouldn't surprise me if he had better success against righthanded batters than lefties.

It seems to me lefthanded hitters should be able to get a good look at the ball, as he pulls it out away from his body toward right field in his delivery. For righties, on the other hand, it must be hard to pick up the ball as he seems to use his body to block righthanded batters from seeing it until it is leaving his hand. My highly unscientific theory got a boost when J.D. Drew, who has a tendency to struggle aginst lefthanded pitching, lined a solid single to right in the eighth off Fuentes.

4) I like how Yorvit Torrealba handles the Colorado pitching staff.

It was obvious young Ubaldo Jimenez was high-strung and jumpy during his start at Fenway. He looked like a guy who was maybe not ready to face the intensity of a road start in the World Series. I would have thought about starting Josh Fogg in Game Two and saving Jimenez for Denver if I was in Clint Hurdle's shoes, but in any event, you could see Torrealba numerous times going to the mound to calm the young pitcher down and keep him focused, as well as gesturing from behind the plate with his hands, telling Jimenez to slow down and take it easy. With five walks on the night, Jimenez lived on the edge virtually his entire time on the mound, and it's a credit to Torrealba as well as Jimenez that he got the results he did.

5) Where is that field-level camera located?

You know the camera that looks black and white and shows the batter through what looks like a fish-eye lens? It looks like it's placed about twenty feet down the third base line. Is it imbedded in third base? Does anybody know? Does anybody besides me care?

It's unlikely there are many sports fans who haven't chosen sides already in the battle between east and west in the 2007 World Series, but just in case you are one of the handful of people who hasn't made up your mind who to root for, allow me to present a handful of reasons that may not have occurred to you why you should support the Boston Red Sox.

1) The "lyric little bandbox." Fenway Park was built nearly a century ago and is regarded as one of the true shrines in sports, a place people travel across the country just for the opportunity to watch one game in.

What that really means is that people are jammed together like a bunch of fat people flying coach, sitting in uncomfortably tiny seats and paying exorbitant ticket prices for the privilege of sitting so close to the guy next to you that you can smell what he had for lunch. It's a national treasure!

But what about Coors Field? Has anyone ever waxed poetic about sitting in the Rockies Stadium? NO! Unless of course you count the "Tastes great, less filling" debate. Oh wait, that refers to the ballpark in Milwaukee.

2) Classic uniforms. There is something traditional yet timeless about Boston's home whites with "Red Sox" stitched across the jersey in olde fashioned red lettering. Compare that comforting slice of Americana with the Rockies all-black uniform jersey featuring purple lettering across the front. What the?? Is that so the fans can make out the players against the white backdrop of snow blanketing the field?

3) Fairness. We here in New England are still smarting over the defection of Ray Bourque, one of the all-time greatest hockey players ever to lace up a pair of skates. After spending twenty-one years guarding the blue line for the Bruins, this Boston legend defected to Colorado at the end of his career in order to have an opportunity to drink from Lord Stanley's cup.

This cross-country trip became necessary when Bourque realized Boston's ownership was far too miserly to spend enough money on the team to make them competitive with the NHL's elite. Not all our teams spend billions, you know.

4) It will make you healthier. If the Sox win the World Series, the resulting annoying crush of fawning national media attention on the Red Sox will take your mind off the annoying crush of fawning national media attention on the Patriots and whether or not they can go undefeated this season.

5) You already know how to pronounce our guys' names. Since the Red Sox are featured on Fox practically every Saturday during the regular season, you don't have to spend any of your precious time learning how to cheer for Daisuke Matsuzaka or Dustin Pedroia or Kevin Youkilis or Hideki Okajima.

The Rockies, on the other hand, have guys who haven't been on TV that much. Troy Tulowitzki? Yikes. Yorvit Torrealba? My tongue hurts already.

So stick with what you know. There's plenty of room for you on the Bosox bandwagon, even if there isn't room in the Monster Seats. You know you want to do it. Jump on!