BOSTON -- This is the American League Championship Series the
way it ought to be: The two teams with the best records in
baseball will compete for a pennant and a trip to the World
Series.  The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim have established themselves clearly over the six-month
marathon of the regular season. The Yankees, with 103 victories,
were six games ahead of even the Angels, but there is no doubt
these clubs were one-two.  This obviously made them the two best
teams in the American League, but some people would say that it
also means that they were the two best teams in baseball,
period. That sort of position is understandable, but this is not
college football; these matters will be settled relatively soon
and on the field. True, it feels like the National League has
not won an All-Star Game since shortly after World War II, but
the record is going to show that the Senior Circuit has won two
of the last three World Series.  One step at a time, OK? This is
about the ALCS. Many p