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Headlines from Across the Continuum: November 16, 2012

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The Newseum puts up the front pages of major newspapers from around the world every day. In this new semi-regular feature, I look at some of that news.

Story: Miguel Cabrera wins AL MVP

El Nacional (Caracas, Venezuela): Miguel Cabrera es el mejor de su liga (Translation from Google: Miguel Cabrera is the best of his league)

El Universal (Caracas, Venezuela): Cabrera Jugador Más Valioso (Translation from Google: Cabrera Most Valuable Player)

Ultimas Noticias (Caracas, Venezuela): ¡Cabrera, el papá de los helados! (Translation from Google: Cabrera, the father of ice cream! Note that from some research it might be better translated as “Cabrera, the pop of pop!” or something like that)

Detroit Free Press: MVP Miggy

Detroit News: Cabrera wins MVP

Daily Journal (Vineland, New Jersey): Trout Takes 2nd in MVP Race

Story: Buster Posey wins NL MVP

San Francisco Chronicle: Remarkable season makes Posey an MVP

The Daily News (Palo Alto): BUSTER MVP

Story: Panama bracket of World Baseball Classic Begins

La Prensa (Managua, Nicaragua): Selección hoy ante Colombia (Google translation: Selection today against Colombia. Selección is a synonym of National Team in Spanish)

La Estrella De Panama (Panama City): ARRANCA LA FIESTA DE BÉISBOL (Google translation: BASEBALL PARTY STARTS)

La Prensa (Panama City): BRASIL SORPRENDE A PANAMÁ (Translation: Brazil surprises Panama- a reference to the result of the game)

The Continuum’s 2012 World Series Preview

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It’s the 108th World Series! If this were the Super Bowl, we’d give it a cool Roman numeral name, like World Series CVIII, but that’s not how it works, so it’s just called the “2012 World Series”.

On paper, it could be either a treat or a blow-out. The Tigers could maul the Giants like they mauled the Yankees, taking advantage of their superior pitching and their more powerful hitters.

But, on the other hand, the Giants will be fresher and have more momentum, having only just recently finished their series against the Cardinals. This might not seem like much, but consider that in history, there have been three times where a team that swept their LCS faced a team that went the distance in an LCS in the World Series. All three times, the team that had to go the distance won. In addition, San Francisco has the more settled bullpen, and they will have home-field advantage, primarily because various Giants (most notably the now-exiled Melky Cabrera) beat up on Detroit über-ace Justin Verlander in the All-Star Game.

So how will it turn out? Check out my analysis after the jump:

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