redandwhite Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 As a Red Sox fan for forty-two years, I was incredibly impressed with the prowess of the White Sox in the recent ALDS. That they have continued such seamless baseball against a marvelous Angel’s team is not at all surprising to me. Like the vast majority of fans in Red Sox Nation, we are fervently rooting for the Chisox to win it all this year. As an interested observer, the White Sox pitching will ultimately be the determining factor as to why they will ultimately become the 2005 World Champions of baseball. That they have such informed, classy, loyal fans is icing on the cake for genuine baseball observers. Although it has been twelve months since my team experienced such glory, even now, last year's exploits still color the sky. The ancient Roman adage, "All glory is fleeting", applies especially to baseball these days. Relish this time, my friends. Embrace it with all of your hearts. The White Sox have a magnificent talent base, but one never knows how the fates are going to treat your team in the end. This is your time. This is why you spent all of these years following your team. Last year at this time, I started a thread on The Sons of Sam Horn entitled, "Win it For". It harkened to all of those Red Sox fans who lived, passionately followed the team, and died - without ever seeing the Olde Towne Team win it in the end. At the moment that the Pale Hose circle around each other on the field in victory later this month, I know that there will be countless White Sox fans who will have the faces of those ghosts - their parents, their siblings, their next door neighbor who so devotedly shared the game with them - and will realize that loyal and perseverance are nothing less than the bookends to success. Good luck to you all. I will be applauding for you and your team from New England. All the best. jacklamabe65 SoSH A person on SoSH last year around this time started a "Win it For" thread in which people dedicated the Red Sox fortune to family members and freinds or whomever who lived and died Red Sox baseball. It eventually turned into a book with a foreward from Curt Schilling, and while it may not be as popular over here as it was there, I think it will be interesting to see peoples comments. The post above is one that the same poster who started the thread posted at another White Sox message board I frequent, and it touched many. So without further ado: Win it For... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 my grandma and grandpa...both lived long, but not long enough to see this happen. Go Sox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigHurt Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for all the Sox fans that have waited and waited for this for decades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Me. Because I want a World Series, Dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 my grampy, he died at 97 and doesn't remember the sox first world series, he had a long life but he loved the white sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 ......the little old man who sat in front of me at the 2000 playoffs. He had tears in his eyes as he left the park that day after a Sox loss. I remember thinking, that man probably has never and probably will never see a White Sox WS win. I wondered if that would be me in 50-60 years. I have never forgotten him and all the others like him. Lots of Sox fans lived and died and never experienced what we are experiencing right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 The man in the ER in friggin' Johnson City NY with a White Sox hat on who was waiting to find out if his wife was going to be okay. And the nice janitor who always wears a Sox shirt and is always nice to me. And my Nana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYSox35 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for...My Grandfather, a lifetime South Sider and big Sox fan, who died in 1992, even before our last ALCS appearance. Win it for...All White Sox fans from the South Side and all over the globe, past and present. For those who haven't gotten to see this magical run, and for those of us who have! Go White Sox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 (edited) My grampa and my mom. My grampa was a few months old when they won it in 1917 (he died 7/5/93). For my mom, because she has been a loyal fan and why not? Edited October 17, 2005 by Queen Prawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for my dad. He's gone through enough letdown in his life with sport teams.. (Sox and Cubs fan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for ME, DAMMIT, ME, cuz I'm my favorite person ever, and I want and deserve to be happy!!! ...oh, and for all the older Sox fans who have suffered through the years....yeah, win it for them too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 win it for all the old sox fans, who truely deserve it, the real ones who been there for longer then 45 years and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 win it for everyone who has ever TRULY loved the sox. win it for no. 35 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 Finally someone mentions Frank. Good post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 For every good Sox fan out there. We all want to feel the best feeling ever. Also, as Reddy pointed out. Win it for my favorite athlete ever. Frank deserves this as much as anyone does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for chisoxfan14, that girl never quit on the team and if I remember rightly, she has a shrine to them. And let's face it, her exhuberance is pretty contagious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkfan Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 win it for jay mariotti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) Win it for chisoxfan14, that girl never quit on the team and if I remember rightly, she has a shrine to them. And let's face it, her exhuberance is pretty contagious. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not familiar with chisoxfan14. Tony, Soxy, can either of you explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 02:22 PM) I'm not familiar with chisoxfan14. Tony, Soxy, can either of you explain? Willie Harris, that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 QUOTE(redandwhite @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 04:22 PM) I'm not familiar with chisoxfan14. Tony, Soxy, can either of you explain? She has a topic she started today, about the Trib. And a couple of months ago they were doing a pictural profile of the team, and they had some pictures of her that she posted and there is no available wall space in her room, all covered with Sox stuff--even the not so good players. Then in the middle of that horrible August (I think) she started a topic about how she went to some pre-game signing and had the BEST DAY EVER because she got to talk to them. To be honest, it can be a little creepy, but she LOVES this team as much as any old timer. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redandwhite Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Oct 16, 2005 -> 02:24 PM) She has a topic she started today, about the Trib. And a couple of months ago they were doing a pictural profile of the team, and they had some pictures of her that she posted and there is no available wall space in her room, all covered with Sox stuff--even the not so good players. Then in the middle of that horrible August (I think) she started a topic about how she went to some pre-game signing and had the BEST DAY EVER because she got to talk to them. To be honest, it can be a little creepy, but she LOVES this team as much as any old timer. . . <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for all the old Sox greats such as Minnie Minoso, Luke Appling, Harold Baines and all the others that never got to experience a championship in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinilaw08 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Win it for Frank, Hawk, Harold Baines and everyone else that has been a loyal member of the organization through good times and bad. And win it for all the long suffering White Sox fans who have stood by this team for the past 88 years. And win it for me because God only knows my schoolwork has suffered because of this team . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 FRANK, FRANK, FRANK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 win it for every true white sox fan out there, you know what they've had to go through. win it for the awesome people of soxtalk, a few of whom have become some of my very good friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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