The Beginning - An original member of the American League, the White Sox took the first AL title in 1901. Chicago fared well in the early going, knocking off the mighty 1906 Cubs in the World Series, and going to the World Series three times by 1919.

Say It Ain't So - The 1919 White Sox threw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, and the franchise didn't recover until it won the World Series in 2005. Ironically, the 1919 squad led to the establishment of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis' zero tolerance policy of gambling in baseball, the same zero tolerance policy which would see future Cincinnati Red Pete Rose barred from the Hall of Fame.

Best Trade in Team History - The White Sox sent power hitting Carlos Lee to the Milwaukee Brewers for the light-hitting, fleet-footed Scott Podsednik before the 2005 season. Podsednik turned out to be just the spark the White Sox needed at the top of the lineup and on defense, and he led the White Sox to the World Series title.

Worst Trade in Team History - Just before the start of the season in 1992, the White Sox sent Ken Patterson and a young outfielder named Sammy Sosa to the Chicago Cubs for George Bell. Bell would win the Dave Kingman Award that season, and then play one more year before calling it quits, while Sosa would become one of baseball's most prolific home run hitters of all time.

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2008 White Sox Preview
Back to the White Sox tradition of second place annually?

PECOTA Was Right
Nearly everyone laughed off Baseball Prospectus' 72-win prediction for the 2007 White Sox. Want to guess where they wound up?

2007 White Sox Preview
Still a great team, but not great enough to win the AL Central.

2006 White Sox Preview
Even better than last year?

2005 White Sox Preview
Don't let anyone tell you that no one saw the 2005 White Sox coming.

Year in Review - Top Ten Stories of 2005
As the new year approaches, let's take the time to reflect on the 2005 season, which turned out to be significant on many levels. Find out what events made Asher's Top 10 Stories of 2005.

Konerko re-signs 11/30/05
Konerko’s resigning is an interesting one. Asher has two reactions to this – one immediate, and one that dawned slowly. React to his reactions.

Some Thoughts for the Evening - 10-17-05
What goes through the head of a Cubs fan pondering the reality of the White Sox going to the World Series, and getting to face either the Astros or the Cardinals?

2005 ALCS Preview
Short and sweet analysis of the Angels/White Sox showdown can be found right here.

2005 ALDS Preview 10/4/05
Normally, we don’t like to lump Divisional Series together like this, but these matchups are so similar that we’d just be repeating ourselves to write two separate previews. Could anyone have predicted the White Sox sewwping Boston in three games? Find out.

Podsednik and OPS 7/30/05
There are currently nine players on the Chicago White Sox who have over 300 Plate Appearances. Scott Podsednik ranks 8th among them in OPS with a paltry .722 mark. Although we sometimes rely heavily on OPS for a quick quantification of a player’s worth, this is one case where a player’s OPS does not correlate to his value to his team.

The Second Best Pitching Staff in Baseball
Midway through the summer, the White Sox pitching staff has been outstanding. While this White Sox staff has had its success, it has enjoyed its success in a bend but don’t break manner, and when the bending begins to turn into breaking, this team’s second place pitching ranking could quickly become a distant memory.

White Sox 2005 Preview
The White Sox have gone from a team of one-dimensional players with poor depth to one of the deepest, most well-rounded teams out there. They should be in contention all season, but one man will decide how they ultimately finish: Ozzie Guillen.

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