The third and final installment of this mini series of random ranting blogs is dedicated to my dear friends, the Chicago White Sox. After winning their first game against Seattle the night before, Saturday's game looked pretty good for us as well, as Freddy looked like he was pitching a great game. As I mentioned before, I was at work at the amazing Blackhawks game, so i only got to see bits and pieces of Saturday's Sox game, since it was a 3:10 Fox start time.
I saw that we were winning most of the way, and i was very excited, especially while at the same time being very antsy about the Hawks. But as the Hawks game ended in very awesome and very dramatic fashion, the Sox were in a position to also need such a dramatic victory.
Enter Paul Konerko.
Some of the regulars over at the Hawks stadium club also go over to my other place of work, the Sox stadium club. So in the midst of an amazing Hawks celebration, I watched the 9th inning attentively with them, hoping that some of the Hawks' energy could channel itself to the South side. Then, with 1 out, Paulie delivered. His 7th home run of the season tied up the game, and it was off of David Aardsma of all things. All the fans cheered with me even more as my euphoria level rose even higher.
Then I watched Quentin's at bat. I think this was a HUGE at bat. When he got walked i was just hoping for a nice double from Rios so we could be in a 2nd and 3rd situation. But what i got, was much more than that. One of the Sox/Hawks regulars said "here comes the walk off from Rios, guys" and i responded, "oh man wouldn't that just be ama-HOLY CRAP!" and that's when he hit it out of there. The Sox won their first series of the year and would go on to sweep the next day. All the fans now had even more reason to celebrate, and I knew the day could not get any better. I wasn't planning on driving back to Dekalb that night, but it's the days like this that are really worth a good celebration, so i did.
So, the day I never expected came to an end. Dan Lefevour started the day as a Chippewa and ended it as a Chicago Bear. Kaner and Hossa started their day with a series tied at 2, and ended it as the heroes of an incredible finish to take a 3-2 lead. and Konerko and Rios started the day not having won a series yet, and ended it as heroes of an incredible finish of their own.
it's the days like this that remind me of why I love sports so much. That feeling I get when the unexpected happens, the things you just can't explain. That is why I love every minute of it. Chicago sports fans like me all had a reason to celebrate that day, and it is a day i will remember forever.
The end. ^_^
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