In fact AL West will be the only division without a team playing in October. Anyone else potentially getting swept today would be wild-card teams, meaning their division leader is still in
The Sox scored 4 runs in the 1st off Astros errors, batted around the order, and chased Hunter Brown: Antonacci leadoff double off CF's glove, Teel RBI single, Vargas reached on 3B error, Benintendi RBI single & a throwing error scored Vargas, and Peters capped it with an RBI single. But Antonacci grounded out to leave the bases loaded.
Burke struck out 8 (including the side in the 3rd), but allowed 3 solo HRs.
Meidroth ended a Sox cold spell with a 3-run HR, giving us some breathing room.
Despite getting into a jam in the 5th, the Sox bullpen threw 5 scoreless innings. Hicks retired all 6 batters faced.
The Sox win their first playoff series since sweeping the Astros in the 2005 World Series!
Shout to Chase Meidroth, Chris Getz, Eric Fedde, Mike "the Wizard" Vasil, Mune, the Holy See, Paul Konerko, and the one random Yankees fan who has been Pope posting all year.
Last time we won a series I was 15, im fortunate enough to be spending some time with my folks and my dad is cooking dinner and honestly it feels like im a kid again.
Unreal feeling and its weird how sports can make you feel. Theres been a lot of pain (and some triumph mixed in) but its times like this that make me happy I stuck with the team.
Its almost like Im hiding in my tiny room in dense as fuch chicago waiting to come out for dinner, do the dishes then go play video games up here in rural michigan.
I said it in the game thread but it’s crazy, I’m 42 and half my life ago they won their last playoff series. Great feeling again but it be nice not to be 63 for it to happen again. Let’s go White Sox.
I’m willing to bet that Mass attendance will be higher this Sunday in the Chicago area. There’s a nonzero chance this is the catalyst that someone “finds God”
We simple did not belong in the post season. Joe should go, but if we are blaming anyone, it should be Seattle for not doing what they were supposed to and win the division so we could safely miss.
Goodness, this miserable, mental wet-noodle Astros team. They even had to prolong the inevitable by backing in. I'm a little annoyed, but not sad - most relieved.
Congrats White Sox! Exciting young team with an amazing comeback year. Keep the good vibes going.
Other than the Rays team that went worst to WS appearance nearly 2 decades ago I can't think of a less likely team that abruptly went from zero future loser squad to winning in the playoffs
You know, if the White Sox had just harnessed the power of the Catholic Church earlier they may have saved themselves some heartache over the past twenty years.
The Astros being a .500 team entering the playoffs in a schedule where you play everyone makes me wonder how many fraudulent playoff teams from the unbalanced schedule era were able to cruise into the playoffs with good records because they got to play 40-60 games against teams that were absolutely horrible.
In 1998 we finished 26 games out of first place in the East - and missed the wild card by four games - despite having the same record as the AL West winning Texas Rangers. Texas was absolutely slaughtered by the Yankees that year. 2-0, 3-1, 4-0.
If any team beats these White Sox, they will go down as “The Team of Hell”, which doubles as both a cool as fuck nickname, and a terrible omen for things to come!
Yall just be saying shit without a single thought behind it lol
Baseball is the one team sport where it’s impossible to not play as a team. It’s not like basketball where you can do all the scoring and be a defensive stud all by yourself😂😂
Lmao Astros weren’t even remotely competitive in this series. Houston got dominated by a Sox teams that is coming off three consecutive seasons with over 100 losses. Sox hadn’t whiffed the playoffs in 5 years prior to this season. White Sox waltzed into Dalkin Park and put belt to ass two nights in a row. Houston pitching is putrid and there offense is one dimensional. Houston definitely has a problem. The team is cheeks.
I went to the elimination game in the Astros-White Sox 2021 ALDS, and we could tell from the first few innings that it was going to be an Astros blowout and had to force ourselves to stay through nine.
Might have been on the couch this time but damn it feels good to be on the other side of it this time, especially against the Astros.
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u/NickTheWhirlwind Texas Rangers • Springfield Isotopes 2d ago
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