I’m sitting here watching the White Sox celebrate their 6-3 win over the Angels in Game 5 of the ALCS and I’m thinking, is this really the same team that nearly blew a 15-game lead in the AL Central?
Jose Contreras was brilliant tonight, giving the Sox their fourth complete game of the series. In fact, the entire Chicago rotation was unbelievable, sporting a 2.23 ERA against the Angels to go along with those four complete games. That was the strength of the team through the spring and summer months, and while it abandoned them late in the year, Contreras, Freddy Garcia, Jon Garland and Mark Buehrle all came up big when it mattered most.
But I wonder how Cubs fans will feel about this. How long have people been waiting for a World Series in Chicago? It’s happening this year, but not the way North siders have been hoping it would.
