White Sox Redemption: The Road to World Series Victory in 2005

Going into the 2005 season, the Chicago White Sox had been to only one World Series in 86 years. Haunted by the 1919 Black Sox scandal and the Disco Demolition disaster in 1979, the team had a recent history of near misses where it lost opportunities to appear in the World Series. These historical nightmares and mishaps hovered over the team as it attempted to finally win a world championship in 2005.

As a hot Cleveland Indian squad attempted to take the AL Central championship away, the W...