The 2005 playoffs haven't excited me that much because my favorite teams as mentioned before were not included. That's okay, I've accepted over half a century of losing and misfortune by the Cubs. At least the other Chicago fans are happy and anxious that the Sox are going to the World Series. Their drought of winning the championship has lasted since 1959. These are times to cherish because who knows if this team will be able to return to the Series for another 50 years. Shoeless Joe Jackson, the former hard-hitting Sox player must be rolling over in his grave, thinking of this chance he never got to play in the biggest game of them all. Also, he must get sick of seeing re-runs of the movie, "Field Of Dreams", especially since Kevin Costner's character gets all the credit for building the baseball field. Well, then on the other hand maybe showing this movie over and over was a good luck charm in an odd sort of way.
The days of the Black Sox scandal are over and the 2005 Chicago team are determined on making a splash in the World Series. Behind four dominant starters who pitched complete games in the League Championship Series, they're confident and ready to face the Houston Astros (*First time team franchise has reached the World Series). With a hot hitting Paul Konerko and slugger Jermaine Dye, the Sox will try to out hit their opponents. I look for Mark Buehrle to have a big game pitching second in the rotation. Naysayers who don't believe in newcomers entering the World Series need to shut up and stop whining because their "team" didn't make it (Yankees). They should appreciate the change, besides Houston deserves this chance, especially Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell who have suffered without a title since joining the team at the start of their careers. Despite being glad for both teams, I'm pulling for the Astros since I'm favor the NL plus being a Lance Berkman fan and have sympathy for Bags and Biggio. I don't wish bad luck to either team and hope an idiot who pretends to be a Chicago fan doesn't cause fan interference, therefore screwing the Sox while inflicting a bad cloud of death. With the exception of that possibility, it's going to be a great World Series!
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