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White Sox relish first title in 88 years
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-28 05:51
HOUSTON - Wearing a wide, satisfied smile on a face flushed with pride, Ozzie Guillen stood off to the side by the third base line and simply watched his White Sox rejoice in the middle of the field.
Joe Crede of the Chicago White Sox jumps onto his teammates in celebration after winning Game Four of the 2005 Major League Baseball World Series 1-0 against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. [AFP] |
Chicago's exuberant young manager might have enjoyed sprinting toward that cluster of jubilant players and leaping right into the fray.
He passed.
But don't think for a moment he didn't relish this long-overdue championship as much as every die-hard fan on the South Side.
"People thought I was going to be jumping around my players. I have to respect the opposite team," the 41-year-old Guillen said. "It went through my mind to say, `I'm so glad to see my boys, my players jumping back and forth and celebrating this.' Because it was an amazing feeling seeing them like little kids."
Chicago completed a World Series sweep with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, becoming the second consecutive set of Sox to end a title drought that dated all the way back to World War I.
Maybe the crosstown Cubs are next. For now, the White Sox rule the Windy City.
Their first title in 88 years certainly didn't come easily, even in a four-game sweep. The gritty White Sox had to scratch and claw for every win all year, and October was no different.
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