Open Discussion: White Sox Games of the Decade

GAME 2

Easy one for me

Tired, old El Duque to the rescue out of the pen.

More to come, I’m sure.

out here in baltimore I rarely get to see the sox, but happened to be in town for a few days in 03 and caught a buehrle-washburn pitchers duel against the angels. august 18th, 2003, big hurt hit a walk-off to win it 4-2. best game i’ve ever been to (which isn’t picking out of many, but it’s what i’ve got).

on Pepsi Tuesdays and Half Off Mondays…or whatever the deal was that year…went to like 30 games that year and saw at least one Cub fan get his ass beat at each game.

when cameron came in and lit it up for a 4HR game.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2002/B05020CHA2002.htm

Aside from the more obvious moments, that was pretty excellent, or hell the whole Barrett punch saga.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200607010.shtml

Konerko’s grand slam and Pods’ walk-off homer seal it

1. 2008 Blackout game…. fucking awesome feeling to beat those jagoffs to get to the playoffs.

2. 2005 World series game 1… obvious reasons.

3. 2005 LCS game 2… AJ Steals first

4. 2005 LDS game 2… Tadahito hits a slam off tubby wells after grafanino makes big error…. punishing 2 of my least favorite sox

5. 2005 LDS game 1…. kicking the living shit out of the beantowners sending chris berman to a mental institution.

6. 6/29/05- In Comerica Park…. The Big Hurt delivers a game winning bomb in the 13th inning causing my wife to get drenched by a beer from a tiger fan in the upper levels.

7. 6/8/2001- Carlos Lee rips a grand slam off of courtney duncan to win the game vs. the cubs…. followed by the 50 fights I saw in the ramps and on the streets after the game. Probably one of the last night games in the series.

8. 9/20/2005- Crede helps us breath a little easier with a walk off homer in the 10th vs. the charging indians.

9. 8/14/2008- Thome, Konerko, Alexei and Uribe go back to back to back to back vs. the Royals.

10. 6/9/2000- White Sox were leading 5-3 with 2 outs in the 9th and Slammin Sammy coming up vs. Foulke… Sammy put our celebration on hold with an absolute rocket into the night to tie the game…. Ray Durham came through in the 14th inning with a shot down the third base line giving the sox the game.

There are so many more…but these were the ones to jump into my head.

obviously game 2,3,4 of the W.S., the El Duque game, the 2005 clincher in detroit.. but i decided to limit it to games i was at.

game 4 of the 2005 world series has to be #1. after that, probably game 2 of the world series then game 3 of the 2005 ALDS. #4-#12— the rest of the 2005 playoff games in any order you like.

2 best regular season games i saw in person:

#1. buehrle no hitter in 2007.

 #2. what i call “the pablo ozuna game”, may 3, 2006. he pinch hit for mackowiak with 2 out in the 9th and the sox down by 1. crushed guardado’s first pitch for his 1st career homer to tie the game. he next batted with 2 out in the 11th. i remember thinking seattle’s outfield was playing very deep, especially considering ozuna was up. pablo grounded one up the middle and stretched it into a double! uribe was up next and the outfield went right back to playing extra deep for some unknown reason. uribe hit a short fly to center that seemed to be in the air for 10 seconds but dropped for a single. stupid mariners.

(also, brian anderson made one of the best diving catches i’ve ever seen. pretty sure it was in the 10th inning. awesome.)

And this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yAwwHdCFUE

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/odds-ends-johnson-contreras-dye.html

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA200006230.shtml

It was the first game I ever saw at new Comiskey, why it took that long I have no clue. Maybe my dad never wanted to drive there.

Also, 9/20/2005. Got to attend the Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeede game for free, which always adds to the fun.

1, Game 2 was the best sports related experience of my life, no question.

2. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B06080CHA2001.htm ( June 8, 2001)
David Wells looked terrible and got hurt after 5 batters. Sean Lowe was lights outs in relief and Carlos Lee sent the Cubs home with a two out grand slam walk off in the bottom of the 10th.

3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA200006090.shtml ( June 9th 2000) Sosa strikes out 4 times before hitting a 2 run 2 out homer off Foulke. Sox win in 14 on Durham single.

not even a captcha or anything. just a single “Vote Again” button.

i got:

“Setup” – Thorndog
“Play” – The Catch
“Performance” – Perfecto
“Rookie” – Bacon

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/y2009/tyib/

Only because we were losing our shit, Jenks had blown the save, and the Chicago Baseball Curse was rearing its fucking head, Ozzie was threatening to quit, and everyone’ sphinchter was as tight as the OM’s girlfriend’s twat (because it has not been road-tested yet). After that, it was just like a pennant enema – everything floooowed. Without Joey rescuing us, we don’t win. I firmly believe that.

What, after 48 years of waiting you think there are any other games that could POSSIBLY not be from 2005? Grow up.

162 being the che-bomb pictured above.

I loved the Sox hitting 3 homers in a row offa Randy Johnson in the 4th, 8/21/05 — I believe it was Tad, Rowand & PK

this should be good

cuz bringing a buckeye to gainesville to make football picks makes so much sense

1. Game 5 against Angels to go to World Series (nothing will ever compare emotionally what I felt that day in the Bellagio with other crying Chi Sox fans that my team was GOING to the WORLD SERIES)
2.Game 2 of WS
3.Game 163

Kenwo you hate the weirdest folks.

1 game 162 when alexei hit the slam

2 second to last home game when the sox came back from a 5 run deficit vs seattle at cell. Haeger shut them down. In 06 I was there.

3 when dye hit the hour at the garbage dump at wrigley that propeled them to the lead in ’05 after the sox were playing like shit all day. Cub fans were razing me all day before that.

4 iguchis home run in game 2 vs boston

5 when the sox beat the cards 23-6. I just couldn’t believe

But I would say my favorite sox game of the decade was without question. Ws game 2.

Honorable mentions to game 163 alcs game 2. And when crede hit the hour in 12th against indians. I also loved ajs 3 run homer in ’07 vs the cubs and they threw garbage on the field or was that 06?

the Paulie 3 hr game,

because I was there

1. game 163
2. world series game 4
3. el duque, bases juiced, no outs vs Boston
4. game 162, ‘08
5. august 27th, 2007. lowly White Sox play last place Devil Rays, make-up game on a monday afternoon. This game makes the list because it reminded me of my first White Sox games at the old park with only a couple hundred die hards in attendance. About 30 friends and family members were there with me, plus free drinks getting sent two sections over from El Diablo. With the Sox losing 4-0 we passed out the custom lunch bags to wear over our heads to wear from the 8th inning on. Well, the Sox didnt want that to happen, and they turned in this bit of magic to win the game 5-4:
Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Devil Rays’ Edwin Jackson facing 5-6-7
A. Pierzynski Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
J. Dye Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
J. Uribe Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
D. Richar Double to RF (Ground Ball)
Dan Wheeler replaces Edwin Jackson pitching
A. Gonzalez Strikeout Swinging
D. Wheeler Wild Pitch; Richar to 3B
J. Owens Strikeout Swinging
J. Fields Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Richar Scores
J. Thome Strikeout Looking
5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, White Sox 5.

I’d add (unless I missed it above) 07-09-2006.

That was the 19 inning game right before the break when they tied it in the 9th off Papelbon, and then again in the 11th off Timlin. They had a great record, but were trying to hang with Detroit. Then after the break, despite their durable outer casing, they suffered from fallapart.

- July 9th, 06 – last game before the All Star break. Bottom 9, 2 out, JD takes Douche Papelbon yard to tie it. Game goes 19. Iguchi walk-off RBI to win it 6:19 after it started, and the Sox avoid the sweep. I had been especially annoyed with the first two losses of that series because I’d been to the Friday nighter, and my section was 50%+ Boston fans, the most detestable fans on the planet.

- Back to back to back to back.

- Savior’s walk-off against the Cubs.

- Blubba Chamberlain’s first Major League loss; Joe Crede says “Welcome to baseball, fatass.” Perhaps I’m paraphrasing.

The games with the one word descriptions: Game 2, El Duque, Blackout, 162.

October 16, 2005. The night the Sox won the AL Pennant, which happened to be my first day of my new job in Chicago. Still have Rooney’s call on my iPod. “Swing and a ground ball to first, KONERKO HAS IT…HE STEPS ON THE BAG…THE WHITE SOX HAVE WON THE PENNANT!”

The Perfecto: I was there.

June 27, 2008: Sox beat Cubs 10-3, first on the road to a sweep. Ryan Dempster lays an egg. Gives up four runs in the third before loading the bases again. Swish cleared ’em, and Hawk was so caught up in the moment that he got the score wrong.

May 25, 2008: Carlos Quentin hits a walkoff homer against the Angels in a Sunday night game on ESPN.

May 19-20, 2006. 5/19, Burls beats Maddux, 5/10 Barrett beats AJ, BA gets suspended, and Iguchi beats Rich Hill.

July 30 – August 2, 2009. All seemed right with the world during that Yankees series. FNS’ game tying homer in the 9th is wiped out by Dewayne’s walkoff single. Beckham impresses Jeter. And Kenny pulls off the trade for Jake Peavy.

June 18, 2005. AJ’s walk off homer against the Dodgers. Was in Rochester, NY for my engagement party. Parents and I hijacked the TV so we could watch the game on WGN. The gal and I didn’t get married.

Im home on this fine saturday night watching MLB network and the 1994 All-Star game.
They just showed Frank Thomas’ line for the season as he was standing on first base.
.383 average
.795 slugging %
.515 on base %

lead the league in all categories.

What a BEAST.

Yes, Fox, FNS and his post-game show.

According to Sponichi, Takashi Saito has eight teams interested, including the White Sox, Cubs, Braves and Mets. The Braves had some interest in Saito way back in 2002 but he wound up remaining with Yokohama.

http://www.npbtracker.com/2009/11/free-agents-saito-nishi-kobayashi/

Garland pitching against bruce chen of the orioles. Just starting to like this teams chances, and still iffy about garland being a really good pitcher all of a sudden. sox up 3-2 1st and third with 2 outs in the top of the eighth, and miggy tejada at the plate. They get in a real battle, and garland strikes him out on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning. hermanson with the save.

As you may recall, Baltimore was off to a hot start that year and was a formidable team, a good test to see if this team was for real, and if garland was for real. This was the game I started to believe in this team

Jenks blew a save in seven pitches and A.J. homered in the bottom of the 9th and I got some girl’s number

She ended up moving to France

is pods, bring him back!!!!

who wants to see some risque photos of grady sizemore? idiot.

Mark Buerhle had a phenomenal game, AJ had a phenomenal play, Crede had a phenomenal hit

If all those things did not happen and we went down 0-2 going to Anaheim, who knows if we would have won the series?