As I'm writing this post Detroit is beating New York 6-0 in game 2 of the ALDS. Earlier, I watched Oakland beat Minnesota to win its division series 8-3.  Oakland now advances to face either Detroit or New York in the ALCS.  Detroit and New York's series is currently tied one game each in a best of 5 series. I was reading the write-up for the Oakland game on ESPN and found a disturbing sentence in the article (which you can read here):

On Deck
The A's advance to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1992. Game 1 of the ALCS will be played on Tuesday in either New York or Oakland.

The last part of that is what really pisses me off.  Is ESPN assuming New York will beat Detroit?  I thought ESPN was all about reporting sporting news and not what they "think" or "hope" will happen.  I love ESPN, but it seems to be they're going too far.  The only explanation I can think of would be if its based off of home-field advantage.  If it is, I think it should have been worded differently.

Thoughts?