Lip Man 1 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Chapter 1 (Chapter 2 drops July 3): 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 It was a great team that also got a little lucky. Almost every WS winner needs luck so no shame there. I just wish you know, we had something else to celebrate about lately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxBlanco Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 1 hour ago, chitownsportsfan said: It was a great team that also got a little lucky. Almost every WS winner needs luck so no shame there. I just wish you know, we had something else to celebrate about lately. They had a dominating run through the regular season and post season. They had a great/reliable rotation and a lineup that had all the pieces you need to be successful back then (good lead off man, 2 hitter that could move guys over at will, RBI guys, and clutch hitters like Crede in the bottom half. They had a manager that everyone loved playing for. It wasn’t luck. It was a once in a lifetime “team” that you rarely see. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melton1972 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 They were losing so much late in the regular season leading to speculation that they were going to have a 69 Cubs meltdown. Fortunately they turned it around and carried the momentum into the post season which made their World Series victory even more dramatic. The bottom line is they were not recognized as much as they deserved by the rest of baseball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 (edited) so ready to celebrate something new rather than live in the past.. just like the Bulls do.. just like the Bears do.. i think its a chicago sports thing to live and breathe in nostalgia Edited June 27 by reiks12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxBlanco Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 1 hour ago, Melton1972 said: They were losing so much late in the regular season leading to speculation that they were going to have a 69 Cubs meltdown. Fortunately they turned it around and carried the momentum into the post season which made their World Series victory even more dramatic. The bottom line is they were not recognized as much as they deserved by the rest of baseball. Crede’s walk off against Cleveland on September 20 might have been the biggest hit of the entire regular season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 9 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said: Crede’s walk off against Cleveland on September 20 might have been the biggest hit of the entire regular season. Was there that night. AJ stepping on Aaron Boone rounding 3rd, Uribe throwing out Coco Crisp on a bang bang play. Crede hitting 2 homers including the bomb off Riske. Fun times. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 3 hours ago, SoxBlanco said: They had a dominating run through the regular season and post season. They had a great/reliable rotation and a lineup that had all the pieces you need to be successful back then (good lead off man, 2 hitter that could move guys over at will, RBI guys, and clutch hitters like Crede in the bottom half. They had a manager that everyone loved playing for. It wasn’t luck. It was a once in a lifetime “team” that you rarely see. They did have some luck, you play 200 games a year (pre-season, regular season and post-season) and the ball is going to bounce your way at times, fluke things are going to happen, it is inevitable. They took advantage of the times those things happened (like A.J.'s dropped third strike) and that is the mark of a good team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpton Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 7 hours ago, reiks12 said: so ready to celebrate something new rather than live in the past.. just like the Bulls do.. just like the Bears do.. i think its a chicago sports thing to live and breathe in nostalgia I think the same could be said of any club/team that has had a success, or years of success, but then goes through the wilderness years after that. I am a Liverppol football (soccer) fan here in the Uk, and we went 30 years between winning the League and in those 30 years we always spoke of the past successes, and still do even though we are back winning things. Even when the club was nearly bankrupted by bad owners nostalgia helped fans survive the bad years and then made the currents successful time even sweater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 In 2005, I remember thinking how pathetic it was that people still talked about the 1985 Bears. Well… 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxBlanco Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 9 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: They did have some luck, you play 200 games a year (pre-season, regular season and post-season) and the ball is going to bounce your way at times, fluke things are going to happen, it is inevitable. They took advantage of the times those things happened (like A.J.'s dropped third strike) and that is the mark of a good team. Oh, the AJ play was luck, without a doubt. But I think they win that World Series with or without any luck. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 3 hours ago, Milkman delivers said: In 2005, I remember thinking how pathetic it was that people still talked about the 1985 Bears. Well… I was reading this thinking how bored I was talking about a generation ago like it was yesterday. Be nice to make some new good memories. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeCredeYes Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 13 hours ago, SoxBlanco said: Crede’s walk off against Cleveland on September 20 might have been the biggest hit of the entire regular season. "Get off the ledge!!!" was an all time great Farmio call on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 (edited) On 6/26/2025 at 10:36 PM, SoxBlanco said: Crede’s walk off against Cleveland on September 20 might have been the biggest hit of the entire regular season. Agree, if we don’t win that game, Cleveland has the Big Mo and probably winds up winning the division and the Sox go down as one of the biggest chokers of all time after having a 15 game lead on August 1st. Edited June 28 by The Mighty Mite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBooneLoganEra Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 (edited) On 6/27/2025 at 9:10 AM, southsider2k5 said: I was reading this thinking how bored I was talking about a generation ago like it was yesterday. Be nice to make some new good memories. I love the 05 team as much as anyone. But im sooooo tired of needing to relive that year over and over because there's been damn near nothing since. Oh wait, the pope is a Sox fan and we're milking that too. Edited June 28 by TheBooneLoganEra 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 5 hours ago, The Mighty Mite said: Agree, if we don’t win that game, Cleveland has the Big Mo and probably winds up winning the division and the Sox go down as one of the biggest chokers of all time after having a 15 game lead on August 1st. I agree about the game, but one thing to keep in mind is that the Sox had a .586 record in September (17-12). Cleveland was just obliterating everyone with a .704 record (19-8) in both August and September. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 10 minutes ago, JoeC said: I agree about the game, but one thing to keep in mind is that the Sox had a .586 record in September (17-12). Cleveland was just obliterating everyone with a .704 record (19-8) in both August and September. August is where they let Cleveland catch up as they IIRC played around .500 ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 27 minutes ago, The Mighty Mite said: August is where they let Cleveland catch up as they IIRC played around .500 ball. Yes. I think the team played sub-.500 ball, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sox guy Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 On 6/26/2025 at 9:21 PM, reiks12 said: so ready to celebrate something new rather than live in the past.. just like the Bulls do.. just like the Bears do.. i think its a chicago sports thing to live and breathe in nostalgia We are currently in the longest Chicago sports championship drought in most of our lifetimes. 86-91 was 5 years, then 1,1,3,1,1, then 7, which ended in 2005. Then 5, 3, 2, 1, and now almost 9 years. also cray is that the mighty Bears have the current longest, they were once the pinnacle of success here. On 6/26/2025 at 9:42 PM, flavum said: Was there that night. AJ stepping on Aaron Boone rounding 3rd, Uribe throwing out Coco Crisp on a bang bang play. Crede hitting 2 homers including the bomb off Riske. Fun times. Our lead was 2.5 going into that game, right, which was the smallest it ever got. It was surreal when we lost the series opener, cutting it down to a flimsy 2.5. It put me in space out mode. Like Marge when Bart got caught stealing a video game. On 6/26/2025 at 11:01 PM, Lip Man 1 said: They did have some luck, you play 200 games a year (pre-season, regular season and post-season) and the ball is going to bounce your way at times, fluke things are going to happen, it is inevitable. Bad luck is inevitable too, it balances out. Losing the Hurt was monstrous bad luck, we were more unlucky in 2005 than lucky. The bottom line is that it's poor sportsmanship to call a champion lucky. No title came easy. Because of our 11-1 run, I'd match us up against any legendary team, 84 Tigers, 98 NYY, etc. , any of them. It could very well be that the 2005 Sox were the goat. 11-1 can't be chuffed, best record since 1976, better than 1999 NYY since their one loss was way worse than ours. Tigers couldn't sweep the series, 98 NYY lost 2 alcs games. The 05 champs might be the goat. 19 hours ago, The Mighty Mite said: Agree, if we don’t win that game, Cleveland has the Big Mo and probably winds up winning the division and the Sox go down as one of the biggest chokers of all time after having a 15 game lead on August 1st. Wasn't our peak lead 17.5 games. Looking forward (or as Guillen says, "looking for") to the rest of the series, but Sox editors, please, stop cropping footage FFS. No one will be bothered by black sidebars. Original aspect ratio, please, it looks so amateur when it's cropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 4 hours ago, Sox guy said: We are currently in the longest Chicago sports championship drought in most of our lifetimes. 86-91 was 5 years, then 1,1,3,1,1, then 7, which ended in 2005. Then 5, 3, 2, 1, and now almost 9 years. also cray is that the mighty Bears have the current longest, they were once the pinnacle of success here. Our lead was 2.5 going into that game, right, which was the smallest it ever got. It was surreal when we lost the series opener, cutting it down to a flimsy 2.5. It put me in space out mode. Like Marge when Bart got caught stealing a video game. Bad luck is inevitable too, it balances out. Losing the Hurt was monstrous bad luck, we were more unlucky in 2005 than lucky. The bottom line is that it's poor sportsmanship to call a champion lucky. No title came easy. Because of our 11-1 run, I'd match us up against any legendary team, 84 Tigers, 98 NYY, etc. , any of them. It could very well be that the 2005 Sox were the goat. 11-1 can't be chuffed, best record since 1976, better than 1999 NYY since their one loss was way worse than ours. Tigers couldn't sweep the series, 98 NYY lost 2 alcs games. The 05 champs might be the goat. Wasn't our peak lead 17.5 games. Looking forward (or as Guillen says, "looking for") to the rest of the series, but Sox editors, please, stop cropping footage FFS. No one will be bothered by black sidebars. Original aspect ratio, please, it looks so amateur when it's cropped. Just checked Baseball Reference, largest lead was 15 games and on August 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Mite Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 18 hours ago, JoeC said: Yes. I think the team played sub-.500 ball, actually. Your are correct, 12-16 in August. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 4 hours ago, Sox guy said: We are currently in the longest Chicago sports championship drought in most of our lifetimes. 86-91 was 5 years, then 1,1,3,1,1, then 7, which ended in 2005. Then 5, 3, 2, 1, and now almost 9 years. also cray is that the mighty Bears have the current longest, they were once the pinnacle of success here. Our lead was 2.5 going into that game, right, which was the smallest it ever got. It was surreal when we lost the series opener, cutting it down to a flimsy 2.5. It put me in space out mode. Like Marge when Bart got caught stealing a video game. Bad luck is inevitable too, it balances out. Losing the Hurt was monstrous bad luck, we were more unlucky in 2005 than lucky. The bottom line is that it's poor sportsmanship to call a champion lucky. No title came easy. Because of our 11-1 run, I'd match us up against any legendary team, 84 Tigers, 98 NYY, etc. , any of them. It could very well be that the 2005 Sox were the goat. 11-1 can't be chuffed, best record since 1976, better than 1999 NYY since their one loss was way worse than ours. Tigers couldn't sweep the series, 98 NYY lost 2 alcs games. The 05 champs might be the goat. Wasn't our peak lead 17.5 games. Looking forward (or as Guillen says, "looking for") to the rest of the series, but Sox editors, please, stop cropping footage FFS. No one will be bothered by black sidebars. Original aspect ratio, please, it looks so amateur when it's cropped. You somehow "forgot" (LOL) to include the other part of my comment about how good teams take advantage of the luck that goes there way and the Sox were a good team in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 (edited) '05 Forever (Episode 2): Episode 3 is out July 10 Edited July 6 by Lip Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Man next weekend is going to be even more emotional after the loss of Jenks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 The Journey re-enactment with Crede, Rowand, and AJ was so bad, yet so funny. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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