THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCTOBER 14TH

1906: WORLD CHAMPIONS! The White Sox pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports history by claiming the 1906 World Series title with an 8-3 Game 5 win over the Cubs at South Side Park. Few had given Charles Comiskey’s “Hitless Wonders” a shot at winning the first and only All-Chicago Fall Classic against the powerhouse Cubs, who won a big league record 116 games, but timely hitting a sterling pitching netted the Sox their first crown. The White Sox settled this one early by scoring seven runs in the first two innings off Cubs’ ace Mordecai Brown, who was pitching on one days rest. George Davis and Jiggs Donahue drove in six of those seven runs as the Sox totaled 14 hits. Doc White, who earned the save the day before with three shutout innings, went the distance. He gave up three runs on seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts. For their triumph, Sox players each received a winner’s share of $1,874 while each Cub player received a loser’s share of $440. The next time the White Sox and Cubs would meet in a game of consequence would be for a 1997 interleague game at Comiskey Park. Subbing at shortstop for Lee Tannehill, George Davis has three RBI for the second straight game. Jiggs Donahue also adds three RBI and Edgar Hahn has four hits for the Sox. Strangely, it is the only game won by the home team in the All-City Series.

 

2005: The excuses were waiting for Jon Garland on this night: It was his first postseason start … He had the pressure of pitching near his home … He hadn’t pitched in two weeks … Showing that his spectacular regular-season was no fluke, Garland parlayed used his “California cool” to his advantage in pitching the White Sox to a 5-2 win over the Angels in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Anaheim as the Sox took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven showdown. Garland, who won 18 games during the season, gave up four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in a virtuoso performance. His only blip came in the sixth when he gave up a two-run homer to Orlando Cabrera. Garland was not fazed by that. He finished the game by retiring 10 in a row as the Sox moved two games closer to the pennant. The Sox gave Garland a cushion and took the suspense out of this one early by scoring three times in the first on a Jermaine Dye RBI double and a two-run homer by Paul Konerko. The Sox added a run in the third on Carl Everett’s single and a run in the fifth on a Paul Konerko RBI.

 

2005. Man, I long for the good old days.

And people want to trade Jn Garland?! I say let's go out and get that Doc White and add him to the starting pitching and the bullpen and go for it in 08.

I still feel to this day that Garland's performance in game 3 was the most impressive of all our starters during those playoffs. And that's saying quite a bit.

I still feel to this day that Garland's performance in game 3 was the most impressive of all our starters during those playoffs. And that's saying quite a bit.

I think the remarkable think to me about that game was that his best pitch, his 2 seamer, didn't seem to work at all that day. So he just went out there, fired in the 4 seamer at 94 on every one of the Halos, and just beat the Hell out of them.

 

I think the remarkable think to me about that game was that his best pitch, his 2 seamer, didn't seem to work at all that day. So he just went out there, fired in the 4 seamer at 94 on every one of the Halos, and just beat the Hell out of them.

that was the most impressive game of the bunch i always thouhgt....the only flaw was the HR by cabrera on a nice two seamer in on his hands.....cabrera just cheated looking in and sat on it and barely got it out....it was actually a good pitch, but an equally good piece of hitting

2005 seems bittersweet for me right now. Hopefully that'll change. It's just that way because that year was awesome, and now it feels like it was so long ago because of this past terrible year.