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Today in White Sox History: October 31

Another South Side snub, this time from SI.

By Mark Liptak
World Series Game 2: Houston Astros v Chicago White Sox
Sports Illustrated put Scott Podsednik on the cover during the World Series. But a cover to celebrate the historic win a week later? SI sez: No dice.
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2005

As the White Sox were winning their first World Series in 88 years, Sports Illustrated put Scott Podsednik and his winning home run from the second game on the cover. The long headline read, “World Series. In A Match Up Of Two Title Hungry Teams, The White Sox Struck First, Dramatically Downing The Astros In Games 1 And 2.”

Sports Illustrated then basically ignored the White Sox winning the series by only putting a small circle shot of the team celebrating in the corner of the following week’s cover, breaking a longstanding tradition. The cover that week was Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, as the magazine previewed a regular season NFL game … not a Super Bowl matchup, not a playoff contest … but a regular season meeting.

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