So...the White Sox have won the world series, the baseball season is over, and my interest in sports will go into hibernation for the winter. It's true that the White Sox played great baseball this season. Whether or not it was a fluke, however, remains to be seen. Is this team built for a dynasty in subsequent seasons, or will it putter out? Well, you all know what I'm hoping.

Still, we must remember, even with this World Series win, the White Sox are still a pretty historically sucky team. Similar to, oh, I don't know, the Chicago Cubs perhaps. In fact, their historical successes (or lack thereof) are quite similar to the Boys in Blue on the North Side. I'm not trying to steal the Sox's thunder here; I'm merely pointing out that Chicago's two baseball teams are linked by more than geography, whether we like it or not. Here are some stats recently compiled by a certain Chemistry teacher as a gift to a sceptical Speech teacher:

White Sox versus Cubs
1900-2005

Number of winning seasons (.500 or better)
White Sox-57
Cubs-50

World Series Appearances
Cubs-10 (1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1945)
Sox-6 (1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005)

World Series Victories
Sox-3 (1906, 1917, 2005)
Cubs-2 (1907, 1908)

Additional Post Season Appearances
Cubs-4 (1984, 1989, 1998, 2003)
Sox-4 (1983, 1993, 1994, 2000)


Of course, following the most logical pattern, the Cubs are next in line for a world series title. Red Sox, White Sox, ....certainly the Cubs must be next. So here's to hoping that 2006 is our season (unless, of course, fate had the Cubs slated for 2003 and we blew it).