# White Sox Win! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115 "2005-10-27T04:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/1 "2005-10-27T04:02:44Z")
Good job guys! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/2 "2005-10-27T04:05:55Z")
Boston won last year. White Sox won this year. Is the armeggedon coming? ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/3 "2005-10-27T04:09:30Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Boston won last year. > > White Sox won this year. > > Is the armeggedon coming? Only if that other Chicago team wins, and we know that’s not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/4 "2005-10-27T04:09:51Z")
South Siders everywhere are proudly cracking an Old Style. Beautifully done, you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/5 "2005-10-27T04:09:55Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Boston won last year. > > White Sox won this year. > > Is the armeggedon coming? Armaggedon will come when the **Cubs** win 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/6 "2005-10-27T04:11:02Z")
I doubt this will mean anything to Astros fans, but it’s amazing that this was a sweep. The games were all close, and three were very good to great. I wish it had gone longer, especially because I found it impossible not to wish both teams well. Also, I think Crede should have been the MVP. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/7 "2005-10-27T06:02:12Z")
> [@Southpaw](#): > > Armaggedon will come when the **Cubs** win 😉 Nah, that’s not Armaggedon. Armageddon will be when the Twins win the Big One. 😛 Adam ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/8 "2005-10-27T06:04:12Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > South Siders everywhere are proudly cracking an Old Style. I doubt it, the South Side is solidly MGD/Miller High Life territory. Old Style is the friend of the humble North Siders. I agree that Crede probably deserved the MVP, if there was a MVP award for the entire postseason he’d get it by a long stretch. Special Mention needs to go to Uribe for his steadily stellar effort on defense. The guys arm is a force of nature and I can’t recall any one of those rockets hitting Konerko anywhere but in the numbers. In any case, it’s been a hella exciting postseason. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/9 "2005-10-27T06:05:17Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Nah, that’s not Armaggedon. Armageddon will be when the Twins win the Big One. 😛 What, again? How many Armageddones do we need? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/10 "2005-10-27T06:06:54Z")
Upon double-checking, the Twins won in 1987 and 1991. Guess you guys are right. 😃 Adam ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/11 "2005-10-27T06:08:02Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Nah, that’s not Armaggedon. Armageddon will be when the Twins win the Big One. 😛 > > Adam WTF are you talking about? Were you in a coma spanning the years between '87 and '91? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/12 "2005-10-27T06:11:38Z")
No, but I _was_ 8 and 12 years old, respectively. You don’t usually keep tabs on these things at that age. Adam ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/13 "2005-10-27T06:15:12Z")
Well, you gotta be more careful measuring misery with folks who’ve been waiting for 97 years, things get pretty sensitive. It’s like comparing your Christmas Shopping troubles to war in front of a paralyzed Vietnam Vet. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/14 "2005-10-27T06:18:42Z")
I’m happy for the White Sox, but it sure would have added a dash of excitement if the Astros could have won at least one game. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/15 "2005-10-27T06:22:33Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Well, you gotta be more careful measuring misery with folks who’ve been waiting for 97 years, things get pretty sensitive. It’s like comparing your Christmas Shopping troubles to war in front of a paralyzed Vietnam Vet. Understood, and I’ll try to be more sensitive in the future. If it at all helps, I was rooting for the Cubs in the playoffs in 2003. Adam ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2bfe46/32.png) [@Elmer\_MuD\_PhuD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_MuD_PhuD)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/16 "2005-10-27T06:28:38Z")
> [@Southpaw](#): > > Armaggedon will come when the **Cubs** win 😉 I had a Jesuit teacher in High School for a Bio-Ethics class, Fr. Digiacomo; he was at least 80 at the time (1999). When we got to the section on persistent vegetative states, etc, he brought up the necessity of having a living will. His stated, and I’m paraphrasing, "In the event I succumb to some illness or injury for which the current medical opinion suggests my chances of a near-full recovery are zero to none, I wish for no heroic measures to be taken . . . \*unless \* current baseball opinion suggests the Cubbies have a shot.” Last I heard, he’s still alive and waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/17 "2005-10-27T06:30:15Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Well, you gotta be more careful measuring misery with folks who’ve been waiting for 97 years, things get pretty sensitive. It’s like comparing your Christmas Shopping troubles to war in front of a paralyzed Vietnam Vet. Yeah, how’s that saying go? “I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet and he introduced me to a Cubs fan?” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/18 "2005-10-27T06:35:09Z")
1. Cubs [del]2) White Sox 2. Red Sox[/del] 3. Indians 4. Giants No, no… I’m not bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/19 "2005-10-27T06:40:18Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > No, but I _was_ 8 and 12 years old, respectively. You don’t usually keep tabs on these things at that age. > > Adam Not trying to pick on you or anything, but I was 8 years old when that ground ball squirted between Leon Durham’s legs out in San Deigo in '84. I remember it like it was yesterday and cringe at highlights of it to this day, so you could say I disagree with your assessment. Anyways, back to the Sox. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115/20 "2005-10-27T06:42:01Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > 1. Cubs > [del]2) White Sox > 2. Red Sox[/del] > 3. Indians > 4. Giants > > No, no… I’m not bitter. Yeah, and early reviews indicate that #4 has a pretty good shot at getting off that list next year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-sox-win/328115.md?page=2)