A testament to their dominance

[JUGGERNAUT]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/basebal...sports-baseball

However, the biggest testament to their dominance is that the White Sox have led in ALL 34 games this season.

 

WSox SP: leads AL in wins, ERA, IP, BAA (.235), shutouts, & quality starts.

Koney 9 HR's, Pods 17 SB's.

 

This is a record that seemed weird at first but is really beginning to speak volumes as the season plays out. What it means is that the WSox have been in a position to win all 34 games.

 

Can this last to the break? If it did it might be a record that stands the test of time.

This is trully a remarkable season & even with the crusty Twinkees keeping the pressure on I hope all White Sox fans take the time to enjoy it.

 

Even the pessimists. Even if you believe there are holes in the dam ready to burst don't ignore the significance of this record. It's a big deal. We are so quick to find the holes & want to plug them up but maybe there is something more to be said about team chemistry. If gaining the lead in every game was just a matter of plugging holes than this record would have fallen during the advent of FA. It's clearly not the case. The traveling all-star team from the Bronx couldn't break this record even in their glory years. The Ruth led Yankees couldn't even establish the record.

There have been so many great teams in the past & when I stop & think that the 2005 White Sox have done something they never did I'm in awe.

 

Enjoy the season. Be careful with your desire to fix holes. Sometimes patches work better.

 

Edited May 12, 2005 by JUGGERNAUT

[gettysburg32]

The old record was 25, which means the Sox have already demolished the old record even if it ended now.

 

I'm sure you guys have heard all these things, but basically this record means:

 

1. You haven't been shutout yet.

2. You haven't been blown out yet.

3. You're starting pitchers have been mostly very good, and always at least decent, becuase if a starter goes out and gets shelled in the first 2 or 3 innings, the streak probably ends.

4. Timely hitting has been there more times then not, even without the big offensive stats.

5. You've won many different types of games. (and this reason is the biggest reason that I'm optimistic about the season as a whole)

- Low scoring games

- Slugfest games

- One run games

- Extra inning games

- Get a big lead and hold on

- Get behind (although usually by no more than 1-2 runs) and fight back

- Games where stars come through

- Games where the last guy off the bench comes through

[JUGGERNAUT]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-mik...la-sports-front

It does pain me to say that our best press is coming from outside of Chicago & that does shock me when you consider that we do have Sox fans in the media like Rogers. Why are they afraid to put this team in a historical reference like these other writers?

 

The 1998 Yankees hold the ML record by leading in 48 straight games in a season.

The White Sox are just 15 games away from break that record. Of the 7 teams to hold a stretch of at least 33 straight leads not one finished with less than 93 wins. That 1998 Yankee team went on to win 114 games & sweep the Padres in the World Series 4-0. If you include the post season that team went on to post 125W-50L (new ML record).

 

I think the Sox need to include the 34 straight leads to start the season record in their win or die trying ads. Whenever a team can claim something no other team in ML history can claim it's worth noting in a big way.

Edited May 12, 2005 by JUGGERNAUT

[JUGGERNAUT]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/...2/world_series/

 

That 1998 NYY team was a marvel as well:

- no true heroic-superstar (Ruth, Rose, Jackson)

- no player a lock for the HOF

- no pitcher likely to win Cy Young

- no slugger with more than 28 HR's

- no All Stars

 

Team accomplishments:

- 125 wins (best ever)

- .714 wining % (ties 1927 NYYs)

- 1st place in April (17-6) record

- first team ever to clinch playoff spot in Aug

- set ML record by leading in 48 straight games

- 11-2 record in post season, 114 wins in regular season (2 shy of 1906 Cubs (regular season record holders))

- Led by D Wells, D Cone, & El Duque

- They trailed CLE 2-1 when El Duque rescued them in gm 4. They never lost again.

 

2005 White Sox:

- .735 wining %

- 1st place in April (17-7) record

- set ML record by leading in ALL of it's games (34) so far

- Led by M Buehrle, F Garcia, & El Duque

Edited May 12, 2005 by JUGGERNAUT

[Steff]

The old record was 25, which means the Sox have already demolished the old record even if it ended now. 

 

I'm pretty sure the record is 36 for the regular season... and 48 if you count the postseason. Going from memory here..

[whitesoxin']

I'm pretty sure the record is 36 for the regular season...  and 48 if you count the postseason. Going from memory here..

Not to start the season though.

 

Either way it's a damn good accomplishment.

[Steff]

Not to start the season though.

 

Either way it's a damn good accomplishment.

 

 

Uh.. duh.

 

That's what I get for relying on my memory.

[JUGGERNAUT]

I'm pretty sure the record is 36 for the regular season...  and 48 if you count the postseason. Going from memory here..

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There's been some confusion on the record they broke & the record they are chasing.

The record they broke applies only to the start of the season.

The former record holders, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers led in their first 25 games. The White Sox have shattered that record by leading in their first 34 games.

 

The 1998 NY Yankees during a stretch from July to Aug set a ML record by leading in 48 straight games. That's the record the White Sox are now chasing.

 

If they were to break that at the start of the season that could stand the test of time.