Three reasons to be thankful you’re a fan of the White Sox
The Chicago White Sox have not been the easiest team to root for over the past decade but there are still some good reasons to be thankful you do.
The Chicago White Sox haven’t been the best team during the 2010s. They didn’t make the playoffs in any of the years during the decade and the last time they did was 2008. The thing is, the future is very bright. They are going to be very good in short order and that ugly streak is going to come to an end. They are so close after rebuilding things from the ground up. They tore their roster down to nothing and built it up with young players the right way.
With all of that said, there are plenty of reasons to be thankful that you are a White Sox fan this Thanksgiving. They are there for you every April no matter what and make the summertime that much better. You can always count on being able to go to the ballpark and watch them on television when they are away. You probably have friends and family members that also love baseball so it brings us all together. When the All-Star break comes around we all put our allegiances aside for a few days and just celebrate the game.
There is no doubt that rooting for this team can be complicated but they have a deep rich history that you should be grateful for. They play in a big city that you can watch them play in and have things to do before and after the games. This is a fun organization to be involved with and there are three major reasons to be thankful you root for the Chicago White Sox:
2005 World Series Champions
If you are reading this, chances are that you remember when the White Sox won the World Series in 2005. It was a magical run that saw the team have the most historic run in team history. They were getting close to a century without a World Series title but they came together and got it done. Most fanbases don’t have a memory like that. For that reason, White Sox fans should be thankful.
It hasn’t been easy ever since, but fans of the team will always have that great memory. Only the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Washington Nationals have won the World Series since the White Sox won. It is hard to win it all and White Sox fans have a memory of their team doing it. That is something to be proud of.
They can also be thankful for the players and coaches that made this possible. Ozzie Guillen was the leader but guys like Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Joe Crede, Mark Buehrle, and Scott Podsednik amongst others made it happen. Every member of that team is a legend on the South Side and we are thankful for all they did for this organization.
Guaranteed Rate Field
The Chicago White Sox have called their current stadium home for over a quarter of a century. It has gone by Comiskey Park, U.S. Cellular Field, and now it is Guaranteed Rate Field. This ballpark is special and White Sox fans really are the only ones who know how special it is. It is never mentioned in the same breath as Wrigley Field or Fenway Park but the fact of the matter is that it is an amazing park in an amazing city.
One thing that is well documented is how great the food there is. It is always voted amongst the top three stadiums in Major League Baseball in terms of the quality of food being served. This stadium has mouth-watering options for fans to select from. It applies to meals type of food, snacks, drinks, and desserts.
This field also has a huge scoreboard in center field. When you go there for the first time it can take your breath away. It also has the pinwheels that have fireworks blow off above them throughout the baseball game for different reasons. This is something that is unique to the White Sox. Fans love to see the theatrics that goes along with a baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago is a special place to watch baseball games and the South Side has great traditions.
The Future
The Chicago White Sox have one of the brightest futures of any team in Major League Baseball. They have been bad on the field by design for the last few seasons but their baseball operations have been far from bad during that time. They traded away all of the top talents on their roster in 2016 and 2017 to acquire prospects and be bad enough to get some top five picks. They have been successful in doing that and it is all starting to come together.
They have put together a core of guys like Yoan Moncada, Eloy Jimenez, Tim Anderson, and Lucas Giolito amongst others. They are clearly on the rise so they believe that the corner will be turned in 2020. They still need to have a big offseason but sustained success is in the near future for the Chicago White Sox. They have already had a busy offseason and are not done.
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Any team that is on the right track or in the middle of a sustained run of winning should have fans that are thankful. There are a lot of teams in all sports that are horribly run and are clearly going nowhere but that is not the White Sox. Spring Training can’t come fast enough and White Sox fans haven’t been feeling this way in a really long time.