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Over the Monster and to the Bronx? |
To all the haters in Chicago, you know who you are. The Cub fans, the media, 95.9 The River, and any one else. I said BELIEVE IN THE SOX. They will not go down without a fight. Although I was very disappointed in that series against Cleveland where they lost 8-0, I still kept my faith in the silver and black attack.
When I watched how they manhandled the Twins bringing me my first time enjoying a Sox victory at home against them, I knew we Sox fans had nothing to worry about. When Bobby Jenks struck out Dimitri Young with men on base during that game against the Tigers which officially crowned the White Sox AL Central Division Champions, I knew it was going to be OK. And when I saw the bench of the Sox defeat the strong starters of the Cleveland Indians fighting for their lives to get the Wild Card, I said this team is not going anywhere.
But never in my life did I imagine the Chicago White Sox would be able to sweep the 2004 champion, Cinderella story of the Boston Red Sox. Never did I think game one would be the ultimate slaughter as the Sox destroyed (the real Sox in Chicago that is) the bogus Sox 14-2 in game one, that Tony G would do a favor for his former team and muck the double play ball allowing Tadahito to hit a 3 run homer to win game 2, and that El Duque, someone who I have harshly criticized this year would be able to get us out of the mess that Damaso Marte left us in the bottom of the sixth. Holy shit, what a series.
Now we are four wins away from a World Series and four more to bring Chicago it’s first World Championship since 1959 when we heard about the ever popular "Go Go Sox." The big question is who will it be now? Will it be the California, Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels or the evil empire themselves, the New York Yankees.
Truth be told, we match up better with the Yankees, but I don’t want the Yankees because of that. I want the Yankees because of what they represent. They represent the use of steroids. That idiot Gary Sheffield and Jason Giambi can tell you a little something about that. They represent overpaid players like Jeter and A-Rod, who have clearly shown why there needs to be a salary cap in baseball. They represent a dying breed with that schmuck Bernie Williams who needs a wheel chair to get out to the outfield. And of course they condone bullies. You can ask the CBS NY affiliate who was attacked by Randy Johnson before the year started. Then there’s Joe Torre who has to be the most over rated manager in baseball today. And of course the man, the myth himself STEINBRENNER. This guy makes Reinsdorf look like Santa. Many critics have said that the Yanks will get back in the playoffs and some even have said the Sox can’t take them. I believe we can.
Sheffield says he is leading the team. Fine. You can lead them straight down the toilet for all I care. This will be a subway series. You Yankees will be riding the Red Line straight to hell if the Sox have anything to say about it. I will not get cocky, but I would love to see a “White Sox winner” against the Yankees.
But what if the Angels defeat them for us? Here is a team that has our leftovers in Bartolo Colon, who has done a great job this year. Chone Figgins and Scotty P are in a race to get the most stolen bases, and who can deny the hot bats of Orlando Cabrera, Garrett Anderson, and the one and only Vladimir Guerrero. Will it be a challenge for the Sox? You bet. We will prevail. I think so. I say versus NY Sox in 6 and if it comes down to LA, Sox in 7.
Now is the time for the city to get behind its team. As I have said to our dear Cub fans who heckled many of us for months, especially the last one. You can ride with the silver and black for a week or two or get off the bus to your stupid ass rooftop drinking your stale Budweiser, and dreaming about “next year” which we have been waiting for since…well forever. Either way, we are in the middle of Soxtober and can only hope that this ride ends in one place and one place only. Face to face with either Houston for a slobber knocker, or the Cardinals for a wonderful Midwestern classic that we can tell our grandkids about.
GO SOX!!!!!!
MJ
