http://www.suntimes.com/output/mariotti/cst-spt-jay17.html
from the chicago sun-times
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Yes, the White Sox have proved me wrong. They've proved millions of others around the country wrong, too. They may not have the celebrity fans and national cachet of the Red Sox, but with a small and intensely loud fan base that is drunk on glory and a few other things, they'll try to bust another ancient futility streak that dates back to when Charlie Chaplin -- not a home-plate umpire -- was a silent film star.
Guillen wasn't alive in 1959. Williams wasn't alive in 1959. The players think 1959 was the backdrop for Jurassic Park. But it's just another conquered number now after the Sox won their first American League pennant in 46 years, burying the Angels and their Rally Monkey in another umpiring-flawed blur that once again suggests destiny, at last, has become a South Side ally.
As the players bobbed in another human scrum in another quiet enemy ballpark, Guillen stood proudly by the dugout, not participating in the drizzle. He has one more series to win, obviously, but don't underestimate his glee. "We prove a lot of people wrong. I like that. We took a beating about my team,'' he said, adding he was among the team's angriest bashers as a 15-game division lead slipped to 1-1/2. "We deserve this. We earned this.''
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from the chicago sun-times
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Yes, the White Sox have proved me wrong. They've proved millions of others around the country wrong, too. They may not have the celebrity fans and national cachet of the Red Sox, but with a small and intensely loud fan base that is drunk on glory and a few other things, they'll try to bust another ancient futility streak that dates back to when Charlie Chaplin -- not a home-plate umpire -- was a silent film star.
Guillen wasn't alive in 1959. Williams wasn't alive in 1959. The players think 1959 was the backdrop for Jurassic Park. But it's just another conquered number now after the Sox won their first American League pennant in 46 years, burying the Angels and their Rally Monkey in another umpiring-flawed blur that once again suggests destiny, at last, has become a South Side ally.
As the players bobbed in another human scrum in another quiet enemy ballpark, Guillen stood proudly by the dugout, not participating in the drizzle. He has one more series to win, obviously, but don't underestimate his glee. "We prove a lot of people wrong. I like that. We took a beating about my team,'' he said, adding he was among the team's angriest bashers as a 15-game division lead slipped to 1-1/2. "We deserve this. We earned this.''
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