bear_brian
10-17-2005, 12:47 PM
Hope no one is offended by the rantings and ravings of an old Sox fan. Heck, I don't care if no one even reads this. Just had to express myself after so many frustrating years. So many years of being the also-ran, so many years of playing second fiddle - to the Yankees, to Oakland, to Kansas City, to Cleveland, to the Twins. So many wonderful players over those years with no championships to show for it, so many heartaches and so many failures.
This year's team has been an absolute joy to follow all season, yes even in mid and late September when it looked like the wheels were coming off the cart. They never quit, they go about their business with incredible pride and professionalism, they make up for a lack of "star talent" with all of the little things that make a baseball team win games.
They have a shortstop who probably looks less like a true shortstop than anyone I have ever seen play the position, yet who makes all of the plays and then some. They have a third baseman who can look like the worst major league hitter you have ever seen, yet who keeps getting clutch hit after clutch hit. They have a center fielder whose performance dropped drastically from last year, and a left fielder who drove in a grand total of twenty-five runs. They had one regular hit over .290 in the regular season. They went through three closers before settling on a totally inexperienced rookie. They have a manager who no one can understand, and an owner whom everyone despises. Yet ... they are the best team in the Amercan League, and four wins away from being the best team in baseball.
They have been so much fun to watch all season. My personal favorites have been A. J., Tadahito, Jermaine Dye and, of course, Konerko. These guys epitomize to me what baseball is all about, and they go about their craft like the true professionals they are.
Finally, what can you say about the pitching staff? Incredible, certainly during the play-offs, but all year long as well.
Anyhow, what a happy, joyous and monumental moment for me and for all White Sox fans. I want this time to last forever!!!
This year's team has been an absolute joy to follow all season, yes even in mid and late September when it looked like the wheels were coming off the cart. They never quit, they go about their business with incredible pride and professionalism, they make up for a lack of "star talent" with all of the little things that make a baseball team win games.
They have a shortstop who probably looks less like a true shortstop than anyone I have ever seen play the position, yet who makes all of the plays and then some. They have a third baseman who can look like the worst major league hitter you have ever seen, yet who keeps getting clutch hit after clutch hit. They have a center fielder whose performance dropped drastically from last year, and a left fielder who drove in a grand total of twenty-five runs. They had one regular hit over .290 in the regular season. They went through three closers before settling on a totally inexperienced rookie. They have a manager who no one can understand, and an owner whom everyone despises. Yet ... they are the best team in the Amercan League, and four wins away from being the best team in baseball.
They have been so much fun to watch all season. My personal favorites have been A. J., Tadahito, Jermaine Dye and, of course, Konerko. These guys epitomize to me what baseball is all about, and they go about their craft like the true professionals they are.
Finally, what can you say about the pitching staff? Incredible, certainly during the play-offs, but all year long as well.
Anyhow, what a happy, joyous and monumental moment for me and for all White Sox fans. I want this time to last forever!!!