The chicago white sox played the houston astros in the 2005 world series. The houston astros 2005 season was a season in which the houston astros qualified for the postseason for the second consecutive season. Chicago white sox 1 at houston astros 0, f this lowscoring nailbiter was chicagos eighth straight postseason victory, and resulted in their first world championship since 1917. The drama, with its allstar roster of heroes both sung american league champion series mvp paul konerko, world series mvp jermaine dye, and cinderella story, closer bobby jenks and unsung ken williams, who, incredibly, was not named general manager of the year, unfolds over seven discs. Slugger frank thomas was not on the postseason roster because he was injured, but the team honored his perennial contributions to the. Cubs announce roster for world series cubs carrying 11 pitchers, 14 position players on 25man roster the world series begins tonight 7. And white sox owner jerry reinsdorf has rarely stopped smiling about his baseball franchise since then. The astros are only the second team to be swept in their first world series appearance. Louis cardinals in the national league championship series to clinch a trip to their first world series in franchise history. Only three players from that 2005 world series team remain in an astros uniform. Who did the chicago white sox play in the world series in.
The 2005 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2005. The astros overcame a sluggish 1530 start to claim the wild card playoff spot, and would go on to win the national league pennant to advance to the world series for the first time in franchise history. Josh beckett, manny delcarmen, eric gagne, jon lester, javier lopez, daisuke matsuzaka, hideki okajima, jonathan papelbon, curt. Backyard baseball 2005 backyard sports wiki fandom. That team had represented an apex yet symbolized a snakebitten feeling. Uncategorizedcomments off on chicago white sox 2005. My favorite astros lineup ever was with the killer bees in 2005, even though they got swept by the white sox. Reinsdorf had presided over six nba championships when michael jordan led his bulls.
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Mens chicago white sox mlb 2005 world series champion roster. White sox pitcher mark buehrle is prominently featured on both the front and back of the package and its the first time the chicago white sox have been featured on a wheaties package. The astros, meanwhile, made the postseason as the national leagues wild card before advancing to the world series for the first time in franchise history. Backyard baseball 2005 is a sports video game developed by humungous entertainment. World series chicago white sox mlb photos for sale ebay. That was the season in which the chicago white sox shocked the baseball world after winning the american league pennant en route to their first world series since 1959. Majestic youth chicago white sox 2005 world series champions roster black tshirt.
It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Mvp baseball 2005 world series team listfaq mvp baseball 2005 gamecube soad soad sdccu net september 20, 2005 easy world series team to create the ultimate team, go to manage rosters. The chicago white sox win the 2005 world series, the ultimate championship of baseball in the united states of america and canada, defeating the houston astros four games to zero, a series. This was the third series meeting between the tigers and the cardinals. The chicago white sox defeated the houston astros four games to zero to win the 2005 world series. The white sox swept the astros in 4 games giving chicago its first championship in 88 years. The 2005 chicago white sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2005 season. Yes, armando, it seems like only yesterday that the astros went to the world series. Frank thomas laughs about espn forgetting white sox won. The 2005 chicago white sox season was the white soxs 105th season.
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Can you name every player on the active roster of the 2005 houston astros world series losing team. The club will carry 15 position players and 10 pitchers. The american league champion boston red sox today announced their roster for the 2004 world series. To build off your theory, which i feel is terrific and plausible, i think there is another possibility.
Comparing the 2005 world series lineup to 2015 alds team. The 2005 astros had been the sole world series contender in 55 previous seasons of baseball in houston. Rawlings 2005 official world series game baseball boxed manufactured by rawlings, official supplier to the mlb for over 25 years, specifically for use in each of the 2005 world series games. The cubs have 11 pitchers on the roster and 14 position. Cleveland all it took was two games, some batting practice and lots of hard work over the season by kyle schwarber to make it to the world series.
Thats great and all, but you would think it doesnt bear repeating these days unless some white sox fans are trying to remind themselves that it. Chicago white sox 2005 world champions 2005 panoramic. Politte would pitch in the same game as buehrle for the white sox 38 times, including twice in the 2005 world series. Chicago white sox world series apparel, white sox world. Won world series 40 over houston astros won al championship series.
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