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October 08, 2005
Guess The Old Saying Is True
...You can't, in fact, win 'em all.
I was strangely calm as my boys were being swept out of existence by the White Sox. Part of it (OK, most of it) was my attitude of, "I only wanted to live long enough to see one", and a lot of it was realizing that Chicago had a much better team.
I don't know what the 2006 Red Sox will look like. I don't expect to see Wells or Damon or Olerud. I won't be surprised not to see Millar or Renteria (too bad) or Manny (bad). Maybe even Schilling.
I know this was a flawed team. I know it wasn't really going to make a run at defending the title. The bullpen was crap, the starters were unreliable, and the stalwarts (Tek, Trot) faded down the stretch. Hey, what are ya gonna do? It's a tough grind, and like I keep telling myself, I lived to see one.
Plus, if history teaches us anything, it's that a Red Sox World Series title is followed the next year by a White Sox gambling scandal. So we'll see!
(I'm rooting for the White Sox to win the whole thing, because a) I understand what a generations-long drought feels like and b) I want to see Bud Seling hand a Series MVP Trophy and a microphone to Crazy Carl Everett.)
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The White Sox were a better team and the Red Sox did not beat themselves (save the Graffanino error, but that was at least a hustle error trying to make a DP) as they have in the past, so what are you going to do. The better team won.
The White Sox have good starting pitching, relief pitching, hitting, speed, and defense. It would not be a stretch to see them win it all, and that would be absolutely fine.
A Cardinals-White Sox World Series -- Chicago-St.Louis rivalry to a lesser extent than Cubs-Cards -- would also be intersting to see.
Posted by: Vin | October 10, 2005 09:44 AM
