The White Sox have beaten the Astros 1-0, completing a four game sweep of the World Series.
This article from the Chicago Tribune says it all.
After seven scoreless innings, Jermaine Dye singled home the only run in the eighth, and the White Sox beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Wednesday night to win their first title in 88 years.
Just a year ago, the same story line captivated baseball when the long-suffering Boston Red Sox swept St. Louis to capture their first title in 86 years.
Who’s next, the Chicago Cubs, without a championship since 1908?
It was the third title for the White Sox, following wins in 1906 and 1917. And it was the first since “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and the “Black Sox” threw the 1919 Series against Cincinnati.
In the Windy City, where the Cubs have long been king, Chicago’s South Side team for once trumped its North Side rival, no small feat for the Sox.
In 1919, all of Chicago said “Say it ain’t so, Joe.” This year, finally, it’s so.
Two years in a row, two curses reversed. Can the Cubbies be far behind ?
