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Clay Davenport's projections give the White Sox a 52.4% chance of winning the title. That said, if you're Houston, you can't really ask for any better situation than having (arguably) the best starter in baseball take the hill in Game 1 in an attempt to erase Chicago's home-field advantage.
Given each team's respective pitching staffs, this could turn out to be the best World Series we've seen in a long, long time.