Sox win.
It's a bit disingenuous to call this the White Sox first post-season series victory since 1917. I mean, it's accurate without really being true. After all, we didn't have a League Championship Series until about 35 years ago, and we've only had the Division Series for a little over a decade. So it's not quite as futile as it sounds. I mean, lord, it's not good. But it makes them sound like the unluckiest team on earth. Except for the Cubs, of course.
This was a big deal two years ago, when the Cubs won their first post-season series since 1908. It didn't get them any closer to the World Championship they haven't had since 1908, but it made a lot of people feel good. So we may not have that World Champs banner flying in the Windy City. But at least no one can accuse us of not winning a playoff series anytime in recent memory.
In that respect, I've been pretty lucky to be in Chicago at a time when the local baseball teams have had reason to pop the champagne. It's been pretty bleak in Kansas City for a while now. If the Sox actually carry on with this whole winning thing, it could really change the baseball balance of power in this town. I don't just mean Cubs vs. Sox. I mean Baseball vs. All Those Other Sports.
No, that won't happen. Too many deluded Bears fans.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
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