There's along way to go before we get a subway series.

The Mets look like they may be the best team in the NL, but St. Louis still scares me.

And the Yankees, of course, have to worry about even making the the playoffs before they start thinking about the World Series.

Not to say that it can't happen, but to put it in a little bit of perspective......

If you want to bet on the Mets winning the NL championship, my sportsbook will give you 1.75 to 1 odds, which means that they give the Mets about a 36% chance.

If you want to bet on the Yankees winning the AL championship, they will give you 7 to 2 odds, which means that they give the Yanks about a 22% chance.

So they consider the chances of both teams making it to the World Series to be about 1 out of 12, or about 8%.

While I understand that these odds do not reflect the teams actual chances of making it, but rather are determined on a pari-mutual basis, the way that racetracks figure odds (when you figure in whatever percentage the sportsbook is taking out from the pool as their profit, the odds are actually a bit lower; maybe around 12-15% or so, let's say) it's interesting that this is the opinion of the general public - or at least that portion of the general public that wagers on baseball.