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Everyone somehow forgot that the White Sox exist

Liz Roscher
·Staff writer

It’s an exciting time for the Chicago Cubs and their fans. Their franchise is playing in their first World Series since 1945, their roster is talented and young, and it feels like this could be the beginning of something awesome for this hard-luck team.

Unfortunately, it’s also a bad time for Chicago White Sox fans. They have to watch their crosstown rivals enjoy postseason success while their team has long since packed it in after a rough, rough season. And to add insult to injury, news outlets seem to be forgetting that the White Sox exist at all.

That’s very exciting! But also very wrong. Chicago has the White Sox, and they’ve hosted the World Series twice in those 71 years, most recently in 2005. CBS tried to correct their mistake, but only dug themselves deeper into their White Sox-forgetting hole.

You know how I said that the White Sox had hosted the World Series twice since 1945? Twice is the key word there, and CBS apparently didn’t realize that either. The White Sox were also in the World Series in 1959, which is definitely after 1945.

The forgetting of the White Sox didn’t stop there. Even ESPN forgot about the White Sox and their 2005 World Series Championship.

So that number on the left should actually be 11, and they should have a Chicago White Sox logo right next to that Chicago Bears logo. Because the White Sox are a Chicago team and they won the World Series!

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry, center, leads Chicago White Sox players, from left, A.J. Pierzynski, Geoff Blum, Perry, Joe Crede and Jermaine Dye, in the song
The White Sox won the World Series in 2005, and much evidence of the event still exists, such as this photo of several White Sox players holding the trophy above the head of former Journey frontman Steve Perry. (AP Photo)

The team’s Twitter account saw fit to correct the mistake in a tweet that dispenses a lot of awesome information while still laying on the shade.

The Cubs are such a fantastic and feel-good story this postseason, and it’s so easy for everyone to get swept away by the romanticism of baseball and the end of curses. But the White Sox exist in Chicago and they have their own interesting history. No, none of it is happening at this particular moment, but that doesn’t mean that it should be forgotten.

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Liz Roscher is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email her at lizroscher@yahoo.com or follow her on twitter! Follow @lizroscher

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