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Yeah the 05 ChiSox are a lot like the 02 Angels, moreso than the 04 Red Sox comparisons that were bandied about. Big city's B-team wins it all in an uncompelling postseason with a team of not-so-big names, and their achievement will soon be forgotten by most of the country. I'd have forgotten already if I didn't have to come in contact with the boorish descendants of South Side Irish. Nobody will forget the great Oakland teams, be it Finley's gaudy 'stache guys, or the Bash Brothers. Everyone remembers Rollie Fingers, Vida Blue, Catfish Hunter, and then Canseco & McGwire. Nobody's going to remember Jon Garland and Joe Crede. The one guy who was actually the face of the White Sox through their last fifteen years of being kinda good and not dressing like the blind, didn't even play. Oakland's attendance figures notwithstanding, something's gotta be said for the fact that 2001 gave us a classic World Series, 2003 and 2004 gave us four amazing LCSs, all signaling a renaissance of sorts for baseball. But when the White Sox stepped up, America collectively said "Aw. I thought House would be on."
Both A's runs were turning points in baseball, I feel. The White Sox are just going to be a team that happened to win one year.