WHITE SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I didn't think at first that they were going to be able to get him out at first, but they did!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, what a series! :woohoo:

If I were, and had a babysitter, I would!

Congrats Chicago . . . celebrate at long last :). . . "applauds" congrats again.

THE CURSE IS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The look on Babs and Georgie Bush.... priceless.

From a Red Sox fan :toast:

Enjoy

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good things come to those who wait!

they deserved this win!

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From a sad Twins fan.

It's pretty crazy here, lemme tell you! :D

I remember 1993. It's great to see a few players from this team back in leadership positions and enjoying the championship!

Well, I didn't really want to see a sweep, because I love both teams, and it would be a lot happier for me had the 'Stros at least won ONE game in the World Series, but, at least all the games were close. The only game that sucked was Game 3, where the 'Stros freaking beat themselves.

Games 1 and 2 were great baseball...and Game 4 was the pitcher's duel we expected the entire Series to be.

Over a four-game sweep, the Sox only outscored the 'Stros by a total of 6 runs, so the 'Stros don't have much to be ashamed of here, either. If it was anyone other than the Sox, I think the 'Stros woulda won at least a game or two...but the Sox were just that damn good this year.

I know, Houston folks will be forever talking about the controversial hit-batsman call on Dye in Game 2 that was followed by the Konerko grand slam...but, I, as a 'Stros fan, am not going to go for that. The 'Stros played their hearts out in all but the third game, and I think they should be proud of what they accomplished. First pennant in franchise history. Keeping as close as they did to as awesome a team as the White Sox.

I don't want Houston folks to start sounding like Cub fans, blaming their loss on everyone but themselves. I'm a 20-year 'Stros fan, and a 34-year white Sox fan, as you all know, and I tell you that, except for Game 3, the 'Stros have nothing to be ashamed of here. Only in Game 3 did they beat themselves.

All the games were close. All but Game 3 were damn good games. Getting back to the call on Dye...The 'Stros were up 4-2 at that point, true enough. But what would Dye have done if the call was made correctly? He'd be back in the batter's box. Does he strike out? Does he draw a walk? Does he get a hit? We will never know.

Even so, that just loaded up the bases for Konerko, and there was nothing cheap about the moon shot he hit there, to put the Sox up 6-4.

Then, the 'Stros, ever the battlers, tie it up with 2 out in the ninth, off a clutch hit by Vizcaino. Then, the Podsednik homer in the bottom of the ninth, and the Sox win it 7-6.

If you put yourself in a position where one bad ump call can ruin your night, you deserve what you get. But I am not at all of the opinion that the Dye call made all that much difference, really.

After all, even assuming that Dye strikes out, then the 'Stros don't pinch-hit later on with Vizcaino. And the Sox may well win it on the Podsednik homer anyway. Maybe Dye hits a smash to score one or two runs. We don't know. But I don't want to represent Houston as a bunch of whiny, excuse-making Cub fan clones.

I'm very happy for the Sox winning the World Championship...I never thought I'd live to see it!! But here it is. Just wish they didn't have to do it in a SWEEP against the Astros!!

I just wish the Series coulda gone seven games, because here were the two teams I love most in the world...both in the Series for the first time in my life, and I wanted it to go as long as possible, but with ths Sox winning out in the end. And no blowouts, all close games. That was what I wanted, going in. I mostly got what I wanted. I just didn't get seven games or even one Astro victory. But at least they were all close, and most of them were GREAT games (Game 3 being the exception in my mind) and in that one, the 'Stros damn beat themselves, letting Ozzie and Company ravage them in that fifth inning!

Well, now...Cub fans...here it is...

Last Cub playoff appearance: 2003
Last Cub Pennant: 1945
Last Cub World Series Victory: 1908

Last White Sox playoff appearance: 2005
Last White Sox pennant: 2005
Last White Sox World Series Victory: 2005

Last Astro playoff appearance: 2005
Last Astro pennant: 2005

Guess we all know who are the good teams...and who it is that still SUCK!

And the reason the Cubs suck? They do not believe in themselves! They don't believe they can win! They whine and blame and point fingers. I won't have Houston folks doing that. At least not this one. That was a great Series. Just wish it coulda gone all seven games, or at least the 'Stros coulda won one or two games, but, at least there were no blowouts, and the 'Stros showed guts and never-say-die-ism the way the Cubs never have, never can, and never will!

I gotta hand it to the Sox, they really came through in the clutch, and that is what REALLY made the difference in this Series. I personally think Crede should have been the MVP, not Dye. Crede came thru with a lot of good clutch hits, and saved a lot of runs with brilliant defense. I think Crede gave the better show, all around, and shoulda been the MVP over Dye, but it isn't my opinion that matters.

One wonders, though, what the outcome might have been if the 'Stros had had Bagwell healthy, and been able to retain Beltran! We'll never know!

But a joyous day for my native South Side!!

CONGRATS!!!!! CHI-TOWN RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From a small-town southern Wisconsin boy, a Brewers fan who rooted for the Cubs on the side all his life and then married into a Cubs family, this is THE BEST WORLD SERIES WINNER during my lifetime!

Enjoy yourselves, Sox fans!

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And poor sport.

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And I especially HATE A.J. Pierzynski.

The next time the Angels play the White Sox at home is a series I will tell you is one I am not going to miss.

And so lacking in good sportsmanship.

The Sox beat the Angels fair and square.

Get over it. Pierzynski did his job and nothing more.

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You've had this coming a long time!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Great post, by the way.

This town deserves it! Congrats to the Astros, I hope your day comes but this was out year to break the 88 year jinx.

A 34-year fan of the White Sox, and a 20-year fan of the 'Stros...

Let's just hope it doesn't take the 'Stros another 44 years to get back again!

And next time, let it be against ANYONE but the White Sox!!

And let's hope it don't take 46 morte years for the sox to get back, either!!

Hell, this was awesome for me, because it was the first time EITHER team I love won a pennant in my lifetime. So they go and do it in the same year!!

I'd be more joyous about this had Houston managed at least ONE win...damn, looking at it as a 4-game SWEEP makes it look like Houston rolled over and died, and that is not the way it was!

Even so, I did want the Sox to win it all in the end...just not in a sweep. So, part of me is celebrating...but part of me is in mourning, too. If only Houston coulda pulled out a win or two....

Sympathy violins are playing!

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Sympathy violins!

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Sympathy

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Violins!

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from this Twins fan. The Sox played incredibly smart, aggressive, fundamentally sound baseball in the playoffs and pitched spectacularly well. They truly deserved to win.

Babs looks like they dug her out of the crypt.

HA HA stupid Texas Bushies! The Astros FAILED miserably just like your stupid son!

One for each of you! Oh, here's one for 'Stros owner and repuke Pioneer Drayton McLane:

It might not ever happen in your lifetime again. I'm an A's fan and didn't really appreciate what happened in '89. I thought it would come agains soon. It may never. So enjoy!

with the Red Sox last year, and the White Sox this year, maybe next year the long suffering Cubs fans will get their chance??? :P