1 hour ago1 hr Two factoids today:November 9, 2005 – After a season that saw the White Sox win their first World Series title since 1917, the Baseball Writers Association of America awarded the Manager of the Year award to Ozzie Guillen.Guillen, the former Sox All-Star shortstop, guided the team to a wire-to-wire Central Division title with 99 wins; they then went 11-1 in the postseason capping it off with a four-game sweep of Houston for the championship.Ozzie picked up 17 first place votes and 105 total points to beat out Cleveland’s Eric Wedge. Wedge got six first place votes and 71 points while the Yankees Joe Torre was third with 43 points.November 9, 2023 – After eight years working his dream job as a lifelong White Sox fan, TV play-by-play broadcaster Jason Benetti left the club, taking the same role for division rival Detroit. He was allowed to leave with one year remaining on his contract.A popular broadcaster, it became known that owner Jerry Reinsdorf disliked Benetti’s jovial style, peppered with pop culture references and heavy with analytics. But most damning was the disrespect shown Benetti by marketing head Brooks Boyer, who left the impression the Homewood native was a diva.Benetti did national work for both ESPN and later Fox in his career and his missing games appeared to cause friction between him and Boyer.In Benetti’s first season in Detroit, the Tigers went on an incredible hot streak to end the season and made it to the A.L.D.S. The White Sox meanwhile lost a modern-record 121 games.
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