Poll: Cards vs Yankees in World Series

According to a new AP-KN Poll, a majority of baseball fans predict a New York Yankees-St. Louis Cardinals World Series, with the Yankess predicted to win the Series.

Other things to note:

-2 out of 5 baseball fans say they would rather watch a regular-season NFL game than a major league playoff matchup. (1/2 the fans in the survey said they wanted a shorter postseason.)

- More than 80% said there's no need to add extra teams to the playoff mix.

- About 3 in 5 expect Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez will avoid another postseason slump.

- Asked to pick who would have the greatest impact in the postseason, Derek Jeter of the Yankees and Albert Pujols of the Cardinals nearly tied at the top, doubling up the Dodgers' Manny Ramirez and far ahead of David Ortiz of the Red Sox.


The AP-Knowledge Networks poll was conducted Sept. 14-21 and involved online interviews with 559 adults who said they were interested in Major League Baseball. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.1 percentage points.