I'd love to agree with you Viking. I do hate the Yankees, but do you really think those teams you mentioned are more complete than the Yanks at this point?

Let's take a look at a few of the contenders:

Twins - Liriano out, they're out. Give this bunch of guys an "A" for effort and resilience but they are a small market team that perenially needs so many things to fall the right way to really have a chance at going all the way. Liriano was a great story and the kind of thing that can propel a team like this deep into the playoffs, but they are too thinly comprised, unable, in the end, to overcome a key injury like this. Not to mention the fact that they have quite an uphill battle just to get to the Playoffs. Radke has been commendable, Santana is great, but can they really match up with a team working with a $200 million budget. This is what's wrong with baseball.

Tigers - Nice story. Kudos to Jim Leyland. Great regular season team this year. Too young, not ready for prime time. They've lost 8 out of 11 and are already seemingly slowing down just a bit. It's a marathon, not a sprint. It was more important for this team to get off to the great start than it was to come into the season thinking about October baseball. That would have been ridiculous, obviously. The formula was simple. Let's go full bore, restore some credibility, prove to ourselves and then the rest of the league that we can play, and if we make the playoffs we will cross that bridge when we come to it (unfortunately ill-prepared to do so). They will bow out early. If they make it to Game 6 of the ALCS let's call it an INCREDIBLE Tiger season. White Sox - Can't help but think the MOJO is gone. Ozzie isn't really "funny" anymore. He doesn't really have clubhouse respect if you ask me. A couple guys having down years. Starting pitching NOTHING like it was the Championship season. Bullpen not as good either. They aren't surprising anybody. They do have the horses though, and if they can find their groove could fly into the World Series, but it doesn't feel like their year. Something is amiss with this team. And just like the Twins, they'll be battling right up until Game 162. Will they even get into the Playoffs?

Red Sox - This analysis is simple. Everyone knows they cut a deal with the Devil when they were down 0-3 to the Yanks and they are only making their 2nd payment of like 60, or 82, or 84, or whatever the fine print dictates. They contractually cannot win it all again until long after we're all gone I believe. At least they squeezed every bit of glory out of that magical season. How many books were written? How many movies, documentaries? Hope you Red Sox Nation faithful had a great time. It sure looked like you did. But for some serious analysis real quick - Loretta, Lowell, Youkilis, Manny, Papi, Schills even. These guys are Red Sox quality players. Coco Crisp, Wily Mo, Beckett, Timlin, Tavarez... these guys spit the bit this year. Gotta blame Theo.

Let's not forget about the Angels. I'd probably say in order of likelihood to come out of the AL:

1. Yanks

2. Tigers

3. White Sox

4. Angels

5. Red Sox

6. Twins

7. A's

Don't take that list too seriously. My point is really just that the Yankees are going to the World Series. God, I hate to admit that. It's simply going to be another Subway Series. Let's all start dealing with this fact now. It's really inevitable.