No one would’ve guessed it.

The Colorado Rockies have pushed their way into the 2007 World Series (Game 1, Wed., 7 p.m.), their first in the team’s 15-year franchise history. On the other hand, their opponent, the Boston Red Sox, will be making their 11th appearance in baseball’s finale – their second in four years.

The Rockies have caught complete fire over the last month and a half to make it to the Series, winning 21 of their last 22 games. Amazingly, since Sept. 15, the Rockies have lost only once.

So what would a typical MLB fan have said if you told them in mid-September that the Rockies would be representing the National League in the World Series?

“I’d probably say that would be impossible,” said Travis Keeney, St. Louis Cardinals fan and junior in industrial technology. “I may have given it a 1 percent chance of happening, if I was feeling generous.”

Bryan Scholar, president of the ISU Baseball Club and a senior in kinesiology, said he thinks this year’s World Series is good for baseball, but didn’t give the Rockies much hope in mid-September either.

“I think it’s great for baseball to have the Rockies in the World Series. I think people get sick of seeing the same teams hanging around every year,” Scholar said. “If someone would’ve told me they were gonna be in the World Series a month and a half ago, I wouldn’t have believed it at all.”

Even with the amazing streak the Rockies have put together since Sept. 16, the Red Sox are coming into the World Series as heavy favorites, not only from the oddsmakers in Las Vegas, but also from the general population, it seems.

“I’d love to see the Rockies win, but I’m going to say the Red Sox in six,” said Scholar. “The heart of their order is just ridiculous. Couple that with their starting pitching and a home-field advantage at Fenway Park, and I have to give it to Boston.”

Keeney agrees with Scholar that the Red Sox will take the Series in six. He said although the Rockies are steadily streaking right now, the Red Sox have become white-hot themselves.

Boston has won their last three games of the ALCS by a combined score of 30-5, all while facing elimination from the Cleveland Indians. While the Red Sox were slaughtering their competition, the Rockies weren’t playing at all, possibly gaining some rust as they had already eliminated their competition.

“I’m going to say that Boston wins it in six.” Keeney said. “The Rockies have had a long time off since they beat the Diamondbacks, and the Red Sox have caught fire and look really good right now.”

With both teams coming into the Series with confidence, and with fire coming from their heels, it could have the makings of a great ending to an already historic 2007 season of Major League Baseball, said Alex Rhead, junior in industrial technology.

“I have a feeling this is going to be one of the sweetest World Series I’ve ever seen,” Rhead said. “Both of the teams are really exciting to watch right now, and since the playoffs have been boring so far, it’s gotta end with a bang.”