For MLB, these next few days are going to be hectic and stressful, but exciting all the same. The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays are gearing up for game one tonight of a seven game ALCS playoff series due to end on October 19th. Stats experts and sports experts alike have been all over this series from the get go and its as close as 48%/52% Red Sox/Rays probable winning outcome for tonight, according to experts. According to a podcast, MLB analyst Tim Kurkjian says the Rays don't have the postseason experience, but they do have a huge home-field advantage, which does matter. The Rays get home-field advantage four out of the seven games. According to polls taken by ESPN Sportsnation's polling center, 80% of the people who were polled think that the Red Sox are going to win the ALCS and venture onto the world series. 59% think that the Sox have better starting pitching but 70% think that the Rays have a better bullpen.The Red Sox and the Rays are set to start the first game tonight at 8:37, EST.