Your Thoughts Exactly

What a series that was... some absolutely unbelievable plays, some absolutely unbelievable games. And yes, dear, readers, I would like to point out that I called it. A sweep. And a sweet sweep it was, because the 2005 White Sox are the champions. This team was absolutey dominant in October, and I think it was more a matter of mental toughness than anything else. Most teams go through letdowns, and we were fortunate enough to go through one right before the playoffs, so the White Sox were ready when it mattered most. And I have rarely been this confident in a team I was rooting for (the '96 and '97 bulls come to mind). But it's a great feeling.

What's next? Since the Red Sox won last year and the White Sox won last year, there are some hypotheses and predictions to be made. And since I am a god of predictions, here are a few.

A) The Series is going in reverse order of 1918. 1918 was the Red Sox, 1917 was the White Sox and 1916 was the Red Sox again- so we're in for another Red Sox championship next year.

B)Droughts are being broken in order of length- thus, the Cubs, with the longest current drought, are up next in 2006 for the World Series champions.

C) Your Thoughts Exactly members are being rewarded for their contributions to humanity- thus, we're in for a 2006 Mariners championship.

Since I enjoy making outlandish predictions, and since the Mariners were so awful this year, let's go with C. I know it'll make Dave happy.

In the end, this was a fantastic season- leading wire-to-wire, coming close to a monumental collapse, and then destroying all comers in the playoffs, with some sick individual performances thrown in. I'm set for the next 88 years. Now if we can just get the bears (first place, by the way) to do the same...

Go-Go White Sox!