Champs
“The home for the true White Sox fan...even if you can't stand Hawk.”
17 Members | Established 10/11/06

Group Tags: White Sox, Sox, Chicago, Ozzie Guillen, World Champs, 2005, World Series, Kenny Williams, Konerko, Dye, Thome, Crede

Back in Black

Two weeks.  Two short weeks and pitchers and catchers report.

It's a new beginning for the White Sox and their fans alike.  It felt like some of the shine wore off of our boys the past two years.  The team is still built around the same core that won the first Chicago World Series in 88 years.  With Dye resigned and still capable of putting up MVP numbers, Right Field is the only outfield position secured.  Other Sure things, see Konerko still playing the  role of Captain from 1b, A.J. still running his mouth behind the plate, Thome will still be smiling from the bench and hitting in the DH spot, and Buerhle and Jenks will hold their spots as Starter and closer respectively.  What is left over is a heap of potential and a butt-load of questions.  Fans have to wait until Cactus League play begins before we even get a sense of who's starting where and who will be traded when.

A day that history may forget, but I never will.

October 26th, 2005.  Juan Uribe streaked accross the field toward a high bouncing grounder just over Bobby Jenks' head.  A snap throw to Konerko....  pop the champagne.

Boy did I ever.  Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the greatest day of my life.  Sad really, that it trumps the day I lost my virginity.  That it trumps my first beer or my 21st birthday.  It trumps the day I first took a step.  But that day became a beacon of hope to the rest of my life.  It proved that no matter what life throws at you everything can work out in the end.  I argued for twenty one years with Cubs fans about who suffers more, us or them.  I pointed out, they'd won more series, they'd been to more series.  They were loved world wide.  And most prominently I argued, at least they had an identity.  They were the lovable losers.  The Red Sox were the Cursed ones.  But the White Sox 86 year drought?  Nearly never talked about.  That was the pain that I carried for all of my short life. 

What Do we have to look forward to this offseason?

Okay lets run it down:

THE LINEUP:

Left Field leading off Scott Podsednik... how can we
say this anyother way then, HE GONE!  Scotty Pods
brought us a championship in his first year, but could
very well have costed us a repeat in his second.  His
failure to ignite the offense from his lead-off spot,
due in part to his piece of crap on base percentage,
not to mention he's not the best fielder, has made
this left fielder VERY expendable.  With one year left

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Lets get this RE-Started! 0 Lilwound 5 months ago
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Just started... 0 Josh about 1 year ago
I made a group for the Chicago White Sox an will try and keep it active so please join it.

http://fannation.com/groups/show/13965
to all cub haters join this group

http://fannation.com/groups/show/12624
pwronk01 08/14/07
Hawk makes me nostalgic.
Deep South Sider 08/12/07
I know I sound like a damn Cubs fan, but I can't wait till next year.
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