I traveled from Wisconsin to Arizona for Chicago White Sox Spring Training. I've never followed a team this closely in my life. I couldn't be more excited. I'm going to celebrate.

After 40 years of waiting...this is what it's like to root for a champion. What will I do now?

My White Sox history only goes back 19 years. But this is the first team I've ever followed that won it all. And it's incredibly sweet. I can hardly believe it!

we seldom recognize the most significant moments of our lives while they're happening. October 26 reminds us of all that once was good and how it could be again. someone special had a reserved seat far above one of the baselines this week. He watched. We won! He knows it. WE know HE knows it.

I'm...a little drunk right now. I think I'll be crying in a bit.

Just don't cry in your beer Joseph. That makes it taste funny.

Finally the White Sox are the champions! This is a once in a lifetime thing..... How SWEET it is.
I do want to say........... All 4 games were well played on both sides. The Astros could of won any of these games. My hat is off to them. Now back to the Celebrating. Way to go Sox!

Cory: I was thinking the same thing. Considering it was a sweep, this was a dam*ed good series. Game 2 in particular was a great game.

Congrats to the White Sox.
If the Cubs win next year, I'm going to church; the End Times will be upon us.

Check out this week's Sporting News - article about the White Sox being the anti-Moneyball team.

Once again, the media misinterprets 'Moneyball'. The 'Moneyball' method isn't exclusively about OBP, it's about building a team around undervalued players/statistics. The White Sox did exactly that, by building a pitching staff predicated on first-pitch strikes and low walk rates as opposed to astronomical strikeout rates, and building a lineup predicated on superior defense (7 of 8 positions were plus this year) so they could catch the balls put in play. In other words, they built based on run prevention, while most of the big-payroll teams (Boston, New York, Baltimore) scrimped on pitching and defense and focused on run creation.

Given that the White Sox won the Series with a league average payroll, I'd say that they are as much a 'Moneyball' team as any of Beane's A's teams (none of which have won the Series yet).

Factors other than numbers can bring a team to
a higher level. Beane would never allow a strong, auton-
omous manager. There are so many factors affecting
the game, that on top of good moneyball stats,
having a certain spirit might put a team over the edge.
I'd hate to play for the A's--I've heard Beane, and he's
a spirit breaker. And, it's one thing to have a "competi-
tive" team. It's another to win the World Series.

Im a Yankees fan, but i must say the White Soxs totally deserved it this year!

Congrats!!!