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Very nice to see him on the field last night so emotional. I'm very happy for him.

QUOTE(ZoomSlowik @ Oct 27, 2005 -> 10:48 AM) By the way, no way the Red Sox are number one. They needed a miracle just to get to the World Series. Take anyone of Schilling, Pedro, Manny, and Ortiz off that team and they lose at least 5 games in the standings, or a postseason series. In terms of overall teams, I didn't even consider them. If it were 4 on 4 with those guys I mentioned, they'd win. Just to defend my boys for a minute. . . yeah, they needed a miracle to get to the world series. They're also the only team in baseball history to pull off such a miracle. Sure, if you take Pedro, Manny, Schilling, Ortiz, Damon, Foulke, Bellhorn (3 postseason HRs in 3 consecutive games), Roberts, or ANY of those guys of the team, they might not win. Where would you guys have been this year without Jenks? Or Crede? Or Dye? Or Buehrle? You're missing the point. The point is that those guys WERE on that team, and the 2004 Red Sox pulled of a feat that no other team in baseball has ever been able to accomplish. The 2004 Boston Red Sox won 98 games during the regular season--more than any other American League team but the Yankees. They swept the Angels. They came back from 0-3 against the Yankees. They swept the Cardinals. Their starting pitching was excellent. Their bullpen was very good. Their hitting was the best in baseball. Were they the best world series winning team of the past 20 years? Maybe not. But I wouldn't be so quick to sell them short.

The SoSH thread: http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showtopic=1410 And my congrats (in case you can't see SoSH) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41928

Good morning, White Sox fans. How does it feel? :-) Congratulations again on an outstanding playoff run. Like I said in the first post of this thread. . . we got ours, it was time for you all to get yours. Damn, I'm jealous of you right now, because I know just how estatic you feel. Enjoy it! You all are the 2005 World Champions, and no one can ever take that away from you.

Feels pretty darn sweet, doesn't it? ;-) Congratulations, White Sox fans. Enjoy it.

Oops.

There is a precedent for forcing them to leave the roof open, but it's still a stupid decision. If they want the roof closed, let them have it closed. It's their ballpark, and they have the right to set it up how they wish. That's why it's called "home field advantage". The way you guys have been playing, it's not like it's going to slow you down much anyway.

You guys are just unbelieveable right now.

QUOTE(Wong & Owens @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 10:43 AM) Hi there, Thanks for the warm sentiments. Maybe you can answer a question for me. Assuming you're a member of the SoSH website, can you tell me why after I registered on that site a month or so ago, they would never let me post anything? I could read everything, but couldn't add any posts anywhere. It pisses me off, cause I still can't post there, and the admins won't return any of my questions. Wha' happened? SoSH requires membership to post. When you registered, you registered for a lurker account--you have to be granted permission by the people who run the site to post. You have to submit an application--they really try to keep the signal to noise ratio down over there, and after Curt Schilling started posting there when he came to the Red Sox, the site got ridiculously bombarded with applications. I think there's still a waiting list of around 10,000 people waiting to be accepted to post. It isn't a perfect system, as evidenced by yoru experience--it would be nice to have a few White Sox fans over there now to discuss the series. But if the site were completely open, it would be a gigantic mess.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Oct 23, 2005 -> 10:29 AM) Pics? Oh, man. You guys are no better than the boys on SoSH. . .

:-D Yes, indeed, I am a woman. No offense taken, though.

Somebody want to explain to me why Marte's warming up? You all have a bullpen that hasn't pitched in a week, and Marte was the only remotely hittable pitcher in our series versus you guys. . . he's the only semi-sucky pitcher on the roster, so why is he up in a one run game?

Last year, we got ours. This year, you get yours. I like the Astros. Their fans have been through a lot of pain, they have a lot of good players for whom this may be their only chance to win a world series. But it has been too long since the South Side of Chicago has seen a world series championship. I'm pulling for you. Best of luck. This is YOUR time. Enjoy it, White Sox fans.

So, let me get this straight. You guys can't believe it? Because I'm not quite sure what you're saying. ;-)

You guys are so cute when you win. ;-) Congrats on the pennant. Represent the American League well in the world series!