WHITE SOX ARE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!

                         

Congrats to the White Sox Nation!!

Though I am not a Chicago White Sox fan in any fashion....I have championed the White Sox Cause on this blog quite a few times.  I asked why the Red Sox Curse gets so much play, when the ChiSox last won the title two years before the BoSox last title.  The Red Sox may have Dent, Buckner and Boone....but the White Sox have the biggest black eye in the history of the sport on their resume.  Disadvantage:  White Sox. 

This is a franchise that hadn't won a Series in 88 years.  Hadn't won an American League pennant in 46 years.  The franchise of disco night, uniform shorts, Steve Lyons stripping his pants off on first base, tearing down Old Comisky Park to build New Comisky Park, which was much worse.  The only street cred the White Sox have ever had was (a) Hipless Bo Jackson and (b) Dr. Dre ["I had my chrome to the side of his White Sox hat"]. 

The franchise that gave up on Sammy Sosa and watch him become a Hall Of Famer uptown.  The franchise that had a father and his son run onto the field and beat the tar out of a Royals coach.

This is about as magical and as dominant you will see a champion.  They were the best team all season long.  Then, when the chips were down....they killed off the Indians, Red Sox, Angels and Astros.  In those 15 games....they won 14 of them. 

Sure...they did get thru these playoffs with a bad call that allowed AJ Pierzynksi 1st base.  And the Jermaine Dye "hit by pitch".  And they won Game 2 of the World Series on a walk-off home run.....Game 3 of the World Series in the 14th inning....and Game 4 of the World Series by a score of 1-0.  You could honestly argue that there could be a Game 5 tomorrow night, with the Astros holding a 3-1 lead.  Sorry...didn't happen.

This lackluster franchise that seems to have no fans or enemies beat everyone in their path this season.  And so for the second straight season...a long suffering franchise ends over 8 decades of frustration by sweeping the Series.  Maybe it will be the Cubs turn soon.  Or the Indians. 

Congrats to the Chicago White Sox.

P.S.  What's up with Brad Lidge???  Gives up that booming shot to Albert Pujols.....gives up the walk-off HR to Scott Podsednik....and gives up the series winning hit to Dye.  Three losses in a week.