Congratulate the 2005 AL Champions!

Congratulations, Ozzie and all you White Sox! We are so proud of the mental toughness, concentration, and effort that you put forth to get us our American League pennant! You did it! My first Sox game as a seven year-old was in 1959...and now i feel like a kid again because of what you have accomplished! Good luck in the World Series...I will be rooting for you and hanging on EVERY pitch. You have brought joy to my heart! - Curtis Shedlak...Bloomington, Indiana

Thanks so much for a great season & postseason. This is the first time in our lives a chicago team is going to the big one. We are with you all the way! GO GO SOX!

Thanks to all of the White Sox for such a great season. Every opening day that I walk into the park I hope that this will be the year and it has happened. I am so happy and so excited and glad that I am a White Sox fan and that I was there this season to experience this.

I have been a Sox fan my whole life (35 years!!!) and this has been the best season ever.

Good Luck!

Jennifer - Chicago (Bridgeport!!)

Congratulations!! Thank you to each and every one of you - you have given your fans a great season and an even more exciting October! This is like a dream. Every game I went to this season has been exciting and fun, and this season has just blown my mind.

This is my first Sox World Series and I am probably just about as excited as each of you. I will be hanging onto every pitch, every out and every homerun this coming week.

Good luck - not that you need it - and remember to enjoy every minute of it!

Don't stop believing!!!!

Cyndi

What a year! Thanks for making it so much fun. The playoffs have been fantastic--we've watched every pitch. My mother grew up in Bridgeport and raised us as Sox fans, even though we lived on the north side. I know she's rallying the troops in heaven for the World Series title. Thanks for playing every day with true team spirit. GO WHITE SOX!

Janice & Bill Murray (Hinsdale)

Congrats guys!

You are an amzing ballclub who has shown a lot of heart this entire season. Every single one of you has contributed to help get to where you are now. Nothing beats the experience of a baseball game but you guys have magnified that feeling tenfold. I wish you the best of luck in the Series and no matter what the turnout is (you will win).....you will be true champions in my book!!

Brian Mazurski

Homewood IL

What more can I say than congrats and thank you! I have never been so excited for any of "my" sports teams as I have been for the Sox this season, and especially this past week.

I grew up in NW Indiana in an extended family pretty equally divided between the Sox and the Cubs. I've always been proud to be a Sox fan, no matter what your record! In grade school, my cousin and I always seemed to be the only Sox fans in the class. But we always won our arguement of who was better with our favorite zinger, "Whose won more Windy City Classics?".

Thank you again for letting you fans share in and enjoy the celebration! What's say we go all the way? GO SOX!!!

Amanda Klein - currently in Denver, CO

I believe in you.

Katie Pfeifer

Homewood, IL

My favorite player, since Day 1 of the season, has been Joe Crede. I guess I always liked those shy types (I know you keep saying you're not really shy, especially with a bat in your hand). My favortie cheer for you is Go Go Joe from Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (if you send me an email I would love to send you an mp3 of the song). And when we need a hit my cheer is "C'mon Joe, I know you can do it, we need you" and I think you must hear me, all the way from Media, PA. But I will be right at home in Section 139 tomorrow, back in Sweet Home Chicago. Love You All, Ellen

Hello and congratulations to my team.....who am I...well if someone actually reads this who is associated with the White Sox, I am a 58 year old female who was born in Chicago and have been blessed with the love of baseball from my 86 year old father and his father before him. Now I only lived in Chicago a few years and when we moved to PA, radio stations were few and far between and most people in the neighborhood were Yankees fans. One could go up the streets (well there were only 2) but could hear Yankees games. I stuck to the White Sox all my years and a few times when we were kids my dad took us to Yankee Stadium but only when the White Sox were playing what used to be double headers!!! My memories!!!!

I only wish that someday I can actually get to Chicago to see a game....would be nice if could be next season when you are World Champs!!!!

Thanks and good luck to you all!!!!

Wow...this has by far been the most exciting baseball season ever and I've been watching since the day I was born, almost 21 years ago! Die hard Sox fan from the beginning and nothing can describe this state of euphoria I have been in since the playoffs started. Congratulations to all of you, it's been a magical season and I am so proud of everyone. There's no doubt in my mind that this is our year and you guys will finally get the glory and the props you deserve. Wish I could be there to witness this in person but I will be watching every pitch of every game until that trophy is in the best city ever, Chicago! Love you guys, Nicole Yonker, Orlando, Florida.

WOW! You have made Southside White Sox fans so very proud! Congratulations on a GREAT Year and an even better playoff thus far. I raised my son (12 years old) a die-hard Sox fan and he is the happiest kid ever. Again, Congratulations and we are so with you for the Series!

Congrats guys! And a definite thank you for a great and awesome season!!! Paul, I've been following you since you came to the Sox, you are my favorite player, you have power and consistency!!! I admire you!!!! See you tomorrow at the Cell!!!! Thank you guys again!

Jenny Hoger

Bridgeview,IL

congrats ozzie and the whole white sox team on the al championship. ive been a fan all my life and this was the greatest season for you guys in a long time. im from iowa and there are way too many cubs fans here and white sox are few and far apart. im glad that we can finally celebrate and i hope you can go all the way. good luck jeremy

From the Kessler family, we all just wanted to say congratulations, and no matter what happens in the series, thank you for the lifetime memories you have implanted into this life-long die hard family.

CREDE, you rock!!!! Keep up the outstanding work!!! I hope you make a career with the sox too!!

GO WHITE SOX

Was born and raised in Chicago as a Cubs fan, which I will always be. However I am rooting for the Sox because they deserve it after all these years. Good Luck and Best Wishes to the White Sox!!!!

Congratulations to Ozzie and the whole team. I am a White Sox fan in a family of Cubs fans. I've always been proud to be a Sox fan, even when it wasn't always easy. I'm from the Chicago area but I was away at college in New Orleans when the hurricane hit. Hurricane Katrina HAS brought me one piece of happiness and that is the fact that I get to be in Chicago when the Sox play in the World Series. This season has brought so much joy into my baseball life and I just want to say "Thank You." Like always, I'm rooting for you guys all the way. Bring the World Series championship home to Chicago!

Joseph Moore

Chicago, IL

Was born and raised in Chicago as a Cubs fan, which I will always be. However I am rooting for the Sox because they deserve it after all these years. Good Luck and Best Wishes to the White Sox!!!! Ken Bredwel...Fallon, Nevada

I would like to say "Congrats" to Ozzie and the entire White Sox team on the AL championship. My family and I are so proud of you's. Ozzie, you have managed the team so well. Keep up the good work. Our favorite player is Aaron Rowan. He's just the greatest in center field. God Bless you's and we know you will win the "World Series". WE BELIEVE!!! We have our SOX flag hung up in our window for good luck. In our book you's will always be considered our champions. GOOOO SOX!!!!!! Can't wait for next year games.

Doreen Lebron

Hammond, IN

Dear Ozzie,
I've been a fan of yours since I was a kid, clipped out the newspaper articles and had my dad get me an authentic jersey with Guillen/13 on the back. My girlfriends and I went to the games and held up signs for you...it's sooo amazing to see you come back as the manager for the Sox. You rock!

To the players and coaches:

Cora and Raines...hard not to see you guys on the field with Guillen for this, but great job! To the players, WOW!! Best of success to you in the World Series...we'll be saying our prayers and cheering you on every step of the way. GO SOX!!!

GENTS: thank you..enjoy it I know we are..we are with you every pitch. You are making a LIFETIME WORTH OF MEMORIES FOR CHICAGO!! Congratulations!!

OZZIE:..Ill be honest..I loved you as a player growing up but was unsure about the whole manager thing (thinking of the last 3rd base coach for the Marlins we hired!) Thanks for proving me wrong!

AARON: (CRASH) I love your game man...and I dig your such a Bears fan too.

Paulie:.. Congrats..thank you for your approach, attitude, and respect for the game..You are truly one kids can look up to thanks for that..and congrats on the "new addition".WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME...let's GIT R DONE!!!!

I would like to say "Congrats" to Ozzie and the entire White Sox team on the AL championship. My family and I are so proud of you's. Ozzie, you have managed the team so well. Keep up the good work. Our favorite player is Aaron Rowan. He's just the greatest in center field. God Bless you's and we know you will win the "World Series". WE BELIEVE!!! We have our SOX flag hung up in our window for good luck. In our book you's will always be considered our champions. GOOOO SOX!!!!!! Can't wait for next year games.

Doreen Lebron

Hammond, IN

GO WHITE SOX ! ! !
IT'S BEEN GREAT WATCHING

YOU GUYS. OUR PITCHERS ARE

THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE..KEEP

UP THE EXCITEMENT AND BRING

HOME THE WINNER..YOU GUYS

DESERVE IT MORE THAN ANYONE.

Happy! Happy! Days. You have brought so much joy and excitement to our family and the whole Chicago area. It is really a pleasure to see how far you came and continue to go. GO! GO! White Sox! YOU ARE THE BEST!

I have two boys who are 9 and 11 and just live for the White Sox. One loves Paul Konerko and the other Aaron Rowand. Their love for the game and the Sox has turned both myself and my wife into big fans too. Congrats on a great year and a great product. All the best for a succesful World Series!! Bill Wicks, Algonquin IL

If you look at Wednesday, Oct 12th edition of the SunTimes you'll see my featured story about no MVP for Sox, just the whole team. I am so proud of you guys and the whole Sox Organization. The city of Chicago is really with this team too. Jay Mariotti, that's another story. One day a week he's with us and six days he's against us. The main thing is the Fans are hoping and wishing you win the World Series. Start by lighting up the "Rocket"(Roger Clemens) and then tell Houston they have a problem. I wish I could be at the games. We need a theater or arena to watch the games together. Go Sox Carl Rollberg, Calumet Park, Il

I lived in Chicago's south side when in '59 the GO GO SOX won the ALC, Chicago's sirens went off and now after so many years, I can only think of all the ballplayers the Sox have had since then, and hope that most of them can watch this series, congratulations to all White Sox players. GO GO SOX.
P.S. I now live in Mexico City

The only regret that I have with you GREAT bunch of guys winning the Pennant was that my mother and Uncle Jimmy aren't here with us to enjoy it. Your victory brought tears of joy to a lot of us who were brought up on the Go-Go White Sox. Win or lose we are with you 100%, we'd prefer a win in the WS but regardless of the outcome we know that you will give it your all for every at bat, every pitch and every put out. Godspeed to Our Chicago White Sox! Let's show the rest of the country exactly what this Great team is made of.

Steve Bower, Lake Bluff, IL

Thank all of you so much for giving us something to look forward to each game! You do not realize how great you are and what you mean to so many people! This team is amazing. KEEP IT UP! Go-Go White Sox! Julie Mandon from Hobart, Indiana

OZZIE, I don't have the words to express how proud the I am of you and the whole team. You have been my favorite since you were a player. Everyone had there doubts about you, but I knew you could do it. Congrats! GO White Sox!!!

Chris Rios

WOOHOO SOX!!!
The White Sox are a team I inherited from my grandfather. He was a huge fan and we used to go to games in the 70's. As I grew up, I never got into sports, they bored me.

Mid series I started watching for nostalgic reasons thinking of my grandpa and how happy he'd be to see the Sox playing so well.

After 37 years of life, I am no longer a Sox fan by inheritance, I am one by proud choice! Watching you guys play has not only given me extreme excitement in baseball, it's brought me back to a comfortable home.

CONGRATULATIONS in your long overdue championship........but you aren't done...........World Series, guys.............you're already winners, these next games are just a formality!!!

GO SOX!!!

Sheila, East Dubuque, IL

I grew up on 35th & Oakley. When I was in grade school my friends and I would ride the 35th Street Bus and sit in the bleacher seats for $1.00 a seat. We would get there early to watch batting practice, wave our white sox and throw bubble gum to the outfielders. I have been waiting for this moment all my life. There is nothing that would give White Sox fans greater pleasure than for this team to win the World Series. Thank you Ozzie and the entire White Sox Team for making this a season to remember. Rose Zubik, Palos Heights, IL

God! I still cannot believe it! The White Sox in the World Series! Thanks to a great team and best manager ever! Here's to winning four more! I and other fans are so proud of you. Good Luck and kick some Astro butt!

Cathi McClary - South Elgin IL

Congrats! This season has been an amazing one, obviously. I am a huge fan of every single one of you guys. I also want to say congrats to Blum, A.J., Freddy, Crede, and Paulie for the new additions to their familes. This has got to be a heck of a year for all of you. Keep it up guys! I love going to class and having cubs fans wanting to avoid talking to me, as I recieved alot of lip for not rooting for the cubs. I guess that happens when you live in the north suburbs. I have loved you guys all 17 years of my life and i will not forget this year! I will be at Sox fest too! So again congrats on the season and lets bring home the win.
I also want to say congrats on the ALCS MVP Paulie! I've been a huge fan of yours since i got your autograph at Sox Fest back in 2001. You are my favorite player and i always look forward to watching you every season. Again, congrats on the MVP and the new baby.

Courtney Whitlock

Gurnee, IL

Well, alltough I am from The Netherlands.. I am trying to watch every single game.. I felt asleep a couple of times because the games are played when it's like 3 am over here.. But oh my God!! I was sooo happy when the team went to the world series.. Congratzz guys!! Freddy you're the best!!
I am proud to be a White Sox fan.. =)

Go White Sox!

Sandra Fousert, Rotterdam, Holland

Congratulations!!! My family and I are so proud to be Sox fans. We wish you continued success throughout the Series.

Felicitaciones!!! Mi familia y yo estamos muy orgullosos de ser realmente fanaticos de las Medias Blancas. Les deseamos mucha suerte en la Serie Mundial!!!!

CONGRATS CHI.SOX!!!!

I guess I'm one of the all time Chi.sox fans in the Dominican Republic, I've been waiting for many years for this moment to come true, now we're the A.L. Champions, but we still gonna fight to win the World Series and be the MLB Champions for the first time. My dream is to see Frank Thomas playing in the world Series, but I don't know if this can be possible, but I'll enjoy seeing the rest of the boys doing the job...so GO AHEAD CHAMPIONS...Let's win!!!!!

César Joel Peña

Santo Domingo, D.R.

Congratulations to the AL central and now AL champs...you guys played your hearts out the entire season and we as a city appreciate it...who cares that we waited some 40 years for this...its here now and lets enhoy it...we owe it all to you...LETS GO GO GO WHITE SOX!!!!!

Kevin Biggins Loves the white sox men. he has a white sox

Congratulations Ozzie and the entire White Sox team. I couldn't even begin to pick a favorite player because you have all done your part to make up the chemistry of this great team. I grew up in the Chicago area, then married & moved to New York where I have now lived for 27 years. I have remained a die-hard Sox fan and felt something special about this year all along. I've seen many games at Yankee Stadium cheering for the Sox of course. Ozzie, I was lucky enough to attend Seaver's 300th win at Yankee Stadium and witness you as shortstop when that same year you were voted Rookie of the Year. Twenty years later you are my frontrunner to win Manager of the Year. And how sweet it is that my first White Sox favorite, Little Louie, is throwing out the first pitch in the first World Series game. Good luck Ozzie, players, coaches and all of the Sox organization. Thank you all for an unforgettable ride so far and if this World Series ends the way all of us Sox fans are hoping, you will hear my screams all the way from New York!
Barbara Geary

Farmingdale, NY

The White Sox are in the World Series ... I LOVE SAYING THAT!!! Thanx to all you guys for making this season such a great one. I love how I can't decide who should be this year's MVP because you are all deserving of the award! My 6 1/2 week old daughter, Leila, and I will be watching every single game, rooting for a White Sox Winner. GO WHITE SOX!
~Amanda

Chicago

Congratulations on a great season and a better start to the post season! You guys have earned the right to be in the World Series.

As a life long Sox fan now living in Wisconsin, you guys have made it alot easier to wear my White Sox stuff this year! This is the first time since moving out of Bridgeport in '76 that I truly miss being so close to the ball park. Even if it's not old Comiskey!

Four more wins boys, four more wins!

GO SOX!!!!!!!!!

Dave Jamroziak

Muskego, WI

Congrats AJ!!! Good Luck in the WS!!! I have been a huge fan of yours since MN!!! Thanks for all the memories!!

Go AJ!!!

Tonya

Anodver, MN

Congratulations and Best Wishes to everyone in the entire White Sox organization - but especially to Kenny, Ozzie, Coop, ALL the coaches and certainly ALL members of "our" 2005 Chicago White Sox!! It's been an unbelievable season, and keep up the good work, fellas - Four More Wins til you are World Champs!! Go Go Sox!! Chicago IS proud of you!! What a special and unforgettable season!! Best of luck!! moemac (Maureen McIntyre - Chicago, IL)

Oh man, what can i say. first of all, i should mention that i am from the north side of Chicago, and my house is like ten minutes from Wrigly, But i been a SOX FAN since day one of me being here in Chicago. I love our SOX because they entertain us, they have so many comeback victories , they show us the great way of pitching, and they show us how the offense should be. i hate the Cubs not because they wear blue, or because they are the drinkers, but i hate the cubs because they play little league baseball that doesn't fit my style. I love the SOX BECAUSE THEY PLAY MY STYLE OF PLAYING BASEBALL, THE WINNING AND ENTERTAINING STYLE OF BASEBALL....what a great year we had with our great players, and ofcourse the great maneger(Ozzie) and general maneger (Ken) that we have.. Our pitching staff this year was and still is the best that i have ever seen before. our offense is shaky, but they play the smart ball. our defense is one of the best in baseball.... many players had a great come back in the end of the season, Joe did an unbelievable job, as well as Konerko and A.J..not to forget IGuchi, Carl, Aaron, Juan ,Scotty, and our pitching staff.... well i enjoyed this season, and i am still waiting for the big party that will come after us winning the WS this week.. GO GO WHITE SOX... . . . . . . . . . . Manar Albaroudi, North Side of Chicago , a proud SOX fan.. GO SOX..

To The Entire Team.

You guys have done an amazing job this year and throughout the playoffs.

I wish you the best of luck in the World Series. Go Kick some Houston ***

There is a lot of hate going on from the fellaw’s up north, but you know what CUB$ FANS. You are just some Jealous , stuck up Haters. Sox, Go win it all, and show them who’s better in this city.

P.S. Scotty, Will you Marry Me =}

Hey Guys...Nothing can be said for the season you gave us! Outstanding in every respect of the game! Being a minority in Chicago (Sox Fan) is tough. All the blaber from the north side gets a little tiresome. Thank you for putting them all to sleep! I was raised a southsider, and as a fan, this is as good as it gets! Good luck through the series! You have already made the city proud! Thank you all! ...P.S. Sickem' Jenks!! Lets get 4 More!

Congratulations is not the word to even begin to describe the acknowledgement that you guys deserve. I live in the north side and have been a white sox fan since I was a lil girl. The team has been incredible all year. I always stuck by you even when things were shaky. I get alot of heat from my fellow peers who are unfortunately cubs and yankees fans. I even get it from my boss. I always stick up for my team. I am so proud of u guys and so thankful to have Ozzie managing a great team. Thank You Ozzie for being the one to take our team to the top. Im a fan of everyone on the team. Stay focused. I will be rooting for you guys till the end. I cant wait untill 2006 for more baseball.

Jennifer Rosario

Chicago IL

i remember back when ozzie was playing i was in little league and after one of our games i earned the game ball and the first thing i did was go to the local mall where ozzie was there signing stuff and that made me the most excited kid in the world...and then i remember thinking the world was over when the strike happened...and now this joy is too much....i will always remember this team as the ones who made Chicago proud and made me proud to be a sox fan....Keep going all the way and we believe in you guys...this is the next best thing next to actually playing in the series is to watch my favorite team there!!! GO CHI SOX WE LOVE YOU!!!

Go Sox!!!You are going to win the World Series this year!!!I can feel it! Go Paulie, you're the BEST player on the team and have led them this far.GO SOX!!!!!

Oh man, what can i say. first of all, i should mention that i am from the north side of Chicago, and my house is like ten minutes from Wrigly, But i been a SOX FAN since day one of me being here in Chicago. I love our SOX because they entertain us, they have so many comeback victories , they show us the great way of pitching, and they show us how the offense should be.

I hate the Cubs not because they wear blue, or because they are the drinkers, but i hate the cubs because they play little league baseball that doesn't fit my style. I love the SOX BECAUSE THEY PLAY MY STYLE OF PLAYING BASEBALL, THE WINNING AND ENTERTAINING STYLE OF BASEBALL..

..What a great year we had with our great players, and ofcourse the great maneger(Ozzie) and general maneger (Ken) that we have.. Our pitching staff this year was and still is the best that i have ever seen before. our offense is shaky, but they play the smart ball. our defense is one of the best in baseball.... many players had a great come back in the end of the season, Joe did an unbelievable job, as well as Konerko and A.J..not to forget IGuchi, Carl, Aaron, Juan ,Scotty, and our pitching staff..

.. Well i enjoyed this season, and i am still waiting for the big party that will come after us winning the WS this week.. GO GO WHITE SOX... . . . . . . . . . .

Manar Albaroudi, North Side of Chicago , a proud SOX fan.. GO SOX..

MVP of the sox series has to be KEVIN BIGGINS! He cried like a baby.He is looking for man love in the subways tonight. any body willing to help him should contact the man love hotline.LETS GO WHITE HOGS. I LOVE KEVIN BIGGINS

Oswaldo, es realmente un gran placer que hayas triunfado, desde el comienzo le dije a mi hijo que estuviera pendiente del equipo.Siempre confié en tu destreza. Lo he disfrutado muchísimo tanto que fuí a Chicago en junio y fuí a un juego, de verdad te felicito.Con el favor de Dios lo lograremos.
ARRIBA Ozzie.ARRIBA SOX.

Paulie,thanks for a GREAT season and congrats on the new baby! Stay on the SOX! They need you!!!!

Thank you.
Thank you.

Thank you.

My year has been really hard - but you all have given me something to celebrate. I know it seems overwhelming, but you represent the best of Chicago and I am grateful.

So keep on playing like you do and know that no matter what happens you all are the best thing to happen to 35th and the Ryan in my lifetime.

Thanks for giving us such an amazing season. Y'all are rock stars.

Congratulations to the 2005 White Sox American League Champions.
Hoping and praying the White Sox bring a world championship to Chicago.

From Raul Vasquez

Hammond, IN

Congrats on your victory! My husband is a 100% die hard fan! Wish you guys the best!!
Aaron Rowand - you are the man!!!

Thank you.

Harry

P.S. Have any extra tickets.

To my favorite Sox,
What can I say, you’re here and your four games away from the final bang. This has been the season of a lifetime. Its been full of ups and downs, and I can honestly say that I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. From an 18 year old female Sox fan, I love all of you. I wake up every morning glowing with excitement because I know that your gonna win... Ozzie, you’re amazing, it can't be put any other way. Thank you. Paulie, you're my hero : ) and congrats to you and all the guys who've just had babies... A.J. you've made this post season one for the history books. Scotty, steal some bases for me ; ) You know your great at it and I love watching you on base. I'm glad that I was here to see it all. To the whole team, thank you for a great 2005 season. See ya at the parade. GO SOX!!!!

Lauren Ross

Lake Bluff, IL

Thanks for a great season from one of your Die-Hard fans!! What a great time it's been this season watching a group of guys playing the game they love and making baseball fun again. US Cellular field (Comiskey Park to me)truly is and will always be a "Field of Dreams"!! Best of Luck in the World Series!! Chicago White Sox Rock!!!
From: Paula Ellison

North Aurora, IL

To all the White Sox, You have no idea how many people you have made incredibly happy. If I ever meet any of you, I will buy you as many beers as you can drink.
This 2005 team is the best thing to happen to us on the Southside EVER.

I'll be there tomorrow watching you whoop the Astros with a gigantic grin on my face. Can't wait. GO SOX!

Thanks for one of the best seasons in White Sox history ever!! You guys have accomplished so much this year, only one thing is left! Beat the 'stros in the Series!! Good luck and you guys are the group that can do it!!!

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU GUYS ARETHE BEST. US SOX FANS HERE IN NW INDIANA ARE ROOTING FOR YOU, WHILE THE CUBS FANS COWER IN THE CORNER AND TRY NOT TO BELIEVE IT. ONE LAST HURDLE TO GO, PIERSYNSKI, KONERKO, CREDE, POSEDNIK, ROWAND, DYE, EVERETT, IGUCHI, URIBE, CONTREARAS, BUEHRLE, GARLAND, GARCIA, AND THE REST OF YOU, COME ON, BRING A CHAMPIONSHIP TO CHICAGO. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST WE LOVE YOU ALL. GO GET EM. YOU ARE THE BEST SOX TEAM EVER, IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRANCHISE, AND I HAVE BELIEVED IN YOU ALL SEASON!

hey guys..congrats on such a great year..the 2005 team is the best ever!! i love u guys!! im a diehard sox fan/baseball fan and this year u guys made it so much better to be a south sider!!
to aaron and joey u guys kick so much ***!!i love u!!

Thank you all for putting together such a great season from the beginning. I have been a Sox fan for 55 years and this season has been the very best.

I have been a Sox fan since 1956, when Luis Aparicio was rookie of the year. I was to young to remember to much about the 1959 series, but I will be glued to this one. Aparicio was my idol when I was growing up, probably because I was shortest guy on all the teams I played on, but now I have been rooting for the big guy Frank Thomas since he first started playing. I wish that Frank could at least pinch hit once in the series it would mean a lot to me and I know it would mean more to him, and I really hope that the Sox have him back next year and always as a Sox. Enough for now, Go Sox, Go Go Sox of 2005. Frank Hill, Norfolk Virginia.

Hello White Sox. I love you guys. This team is everything to me and I could not be happier for you or happier for me that you are going to the World Series! Just so you know, you have a lot of people rooting for you in Ireland and we're sending them over some White Sox gear. GO SOX!
From: Tracey Quinn

Congratulations Guys

W O W What can I say- Go Go Go Go Sox

This is G R E A T

Go Jon Garland

What a year. :-)

just do the **** thing and win it all

I just want to thank you guys for each and every game you played this year. Being a Sox fan my entire life, I am so happy~but it still hasnt sunk in. Maybe it will when youre marchin in the World Series Parade in 2 weeks!!! Im so excited and happy~GO GO WHITESOX

Congratulations to my Chicago White Sox! You guys played absolulty amazing all year! I have been behind you every minute of every game!! GOOD LUCK! AND GET THE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YOU ALL DESERVE!!!! GOOD LUCK!
GO SOX! GO WILLIE HARRIS!

Congrats to my favorite baseball team in the world! I've been a Sox fan ever since I can remember. I've been there for the 'bad' years and it's so much fun now to be a Sox fan! It's been worth the wait and all harassment I've received through the years!

To Ozzie and the entire White Sox team,

I'm a 13-year old diehard Yankee fan (we live in New York). My mom's been a White Sox fan since she was 9 and has stuck with you guys the whole time. We actually had ALCS tickets to see the Yankees vs. White Sox at Yankee Stadium if the Yanks would have advanced. My second favorite team's the Chi Sox and I always root for you when you're not playing the Yanks. You've got a really great team this year and I'm pulling for you to go all the way. Your pitching staff is amazing, your defense is astounding, and your clutch hitting is incredible. You guys really deserve to win this year. Go-Go White Sox!!

Molly Geary

Farmingdale, NY

All I wanted to say is congratulations to the whole entired WHITE SOX team.I Been A White Sox fan for a couple of years(late teens now 23) My family and I watch every game and you guys play really GREAT. Now you guys will be playing in the World Series. Good luck from the south side and the Crockett-Garcia family.
P.S. Go WHITE SOX go... Kick some butts.

Gotta love the White Sox

Rosi...Chicago,Illinois

Ozzie, Joey, Tim and all the players! I have been a White Sox fan through the thick and thin. It is fantastic to finally see a World Series with THE RIGHT SOX in it!!! A.J. you played with heart and determination and I was proud to show my son how the game is supposed to be played.
Good luck to all the White Sox players, coaches, and staff. Let's bring home a World Series to "Comisky" where it belongs!

LET'S GO WHITE SOX!!!!!!!!!! YOU ALL HAVE MADE THE '05 SEASON ONE TO REMEMBER. EACH PLAYER COACH AND MEMBER OF THE WHITE SOX FAMILY SHOULD BE PROUD, I KNOW YOUR FANS ARE!!!! THANKS FOR MAKING OCTOBER '05 SO EXCITING AND FUN AND TO BE A FAN OF THE SOX FROM THE EARLY 70'S TO THE SOUTH SIDE HITMEN FROM WINNING UGLY TO GOOD GUYS WEAR BLACK AND TO NOW GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES, THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL. GOOD LUCK IN THE WORLD SERIES AND KICK SOME ASTRO BUTT. PLAY THE SAME BALL ALL YEAR AND ALL WILL BE GOOD. HOPE YOU ALL RETURN NEXT YEAR CAUSE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE HAVING FUN TOGETHER. GO GO WHITE SOX, AND THANKS OZZIE. PETE ZAK GENEVA ILLINOIS

To Ozzie & The team:
I've been a fan and Sox historian for 45 years. Congratulations to all of you. Make Chicago proud (at least those fans who actually care about baseball!) but win or lose it's been a job and season well done!

Good luck the rest of the way.

here, i forgot to add this- NICK HASHU, CHESTERTON, IN, BUT STILL A HIGHLAND, IN KID, AND CONGRTULATION WHITE SOX, NOW TEACH HOUTON HOW TO LOSE A WORL SERIES AND MAKE THEM WAIT 44 MORE YEARS

THANK YOU WHITE SOX!!!!!!
This team has given Chicago just what it's needed for a long, long, long time!!

My 11-year-old son and I are huge fans of the team. We attended the 2004 SoxFest and were able to meet a lot of the players. I have to say that Aaron Rowand was SUPER NICE to my son. Then I heard an interview recently where Aaron talked about his mom struggling to get him to practices and how she and his step-dad are his heroes. As a single mom with a little boy who LOVES baseball (and football), that really hit home with me!!!!

This team has given kids something to look forward to and love and get excited about, and that keeps them off the streets and out of trouble!!

GO-O-O-O-O WHITE SOX!!!!!

Thank you and good luck, Aaron!! Brenda & Tyler

St. Charles, IL

Congratulations to all of you guys on making the World Series and for a job well done so far this season, I believe you guys will accomplish the last part of that which is bringing home a world series which would be sweet for me to witness since i was born in 1985. You guys are the best and this truly has been a special season to remember and not forget. Let's Go White Sox and lets make this world series a SOXtober not to forget.

Kenny Belton,

Columbus Ohio

CONGRATS GUYS!

I've been a White Sox fan my whole life.

Ozzie: Thank you. I've loved you since you came to our Sox. Amazing job this year!!!

Scotty: I honestly love you. Thanks. Go Go Podsednik.

Lets go, go-go White Sox.

I love this team.

Thank you Paulie, Tadahito, Juan, Joe, AJ, John, Mark, Jose, Freddy, Scotty, Aaron, Jermaine.

Thanks to Ozzie, Tim, and Joey, too.

GO SOX.

Congratulations White Sox for showing all of the city that the best team has always played in the south side and Ozzie thanks for making all of us latinos feel proud. Gracias.

Congrats to ALL.
Ozzie, you are not crazy risking things that way, we are used to play THAT WAY in our own Latin leagues, isn't? And, hey, you have the guys to do it for you, no doubt.

I am probably the only human being watching the games in Spain, and as that girl from Netherlands, I have also falled asleep a couple of times, but man, thanks for giving me the most thrilling moment in my life:

Fenway park, Game 4 ALDS, bases loaded, no outs, one run lead, and…El Duque coming to pitch… (I was crossing fingers here for you to call him, I swear) He’s my main man, my idol, de Industriales...BIG GAMES PITCHER is his second name, and he proved again, he did what he used to do for us every time, WIN, sometimes against Contreras, now they are together (you have no idea how much I hated Contreras pitching for Pinar del Rio vs. my Industriales, but he does), now I root for him too there in the Chi Sox… He’s been GREAT… Go Go White Sox .....

Vámo a ganar c******!!!

PS: A.J. Best Baserunner ON EARTH!

Alfredo Betancourt.

Forgot to say in my previous post congratulations on all the new additions to the Sox family. Those babies can grow up to say they were born the year their daddies played in the World Series. Maybe they'll grow up to form a World Series team of their own! GO WHITE SOX!
Barbara Geary

Congrats to you all! You guys did a great job. I was born and raised a Sox fan. And for the past 25 years I have been so proud. I wish you all the best of luck with the next step. I do believe that you will win this. Congrats to all the guys and their families that just had babies. This must some year for you and your families. For Jon Garland what a year you had. I loved watching you pitch, not just because you are HOT, but because you did great. And for Mark Buehrle all I have to say is you are awesome. I just love the crazy things you have done this season. How was the giant slip and slide? =) Ozzie all I have to say I've never seen a coach have so much fun coaching. You are great with these guys. Paulie congrats on the MVP. Good Luck!!! Katie..Westchester, IL.

Dear SOX,

I LOVE you ALL!!! Thanks for a great regular season and even more thrilling post-season. You guys are an amazing team through and through.

Congratulations on being the 2005 AL Champions! Just think...in a matter of days I'll be logging in to congratulate you on being the 2005 WS champs!

Carol Dacunto

Seattle, Washington

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

This is going to be one of the longest nights in my life, as the anticipation of actually watching OUR Chicago White Sox in the world series continues to grow. It has been a fun, frustrating (at times), and emotional season for us all. To the Sox, Thank you. You have brought something that many of us never thought we would see in our lifetimes. This is something special, something precious that we should all share and treasure with fellow Sox fans near and far!

2005 is our year, and its time for our team to shine!!!

GO SOX!!!!!!!

Hey Guys,

Your the best I cant believe that it is the last week in October and I can still watch you play you guy rock. In the end of July I went to see you guy play the Red Soxs and there was a lady with a 2004 Championchip banner for the Red Soxs and I told her to come back next year so she could see my 2005 championchip banner and with 4 more wins I will. Thanks you for making me not feel like a fool.

YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the great season

Mike snyder

To the classiest bunch of guys ever to don a White Sox uniform:

Where to begin? A simple thank you doesn't convey the emotion I feel for you guys this year. I have had a HELLISH year. I lost my job, my marriage ended, my uncle died and my dad has just begun chemotherapy for leukemia. I only tell you this because you have been the only reason for me to smile since April. I have been a White Sox fan all my life, but I have never been overwhelmed by any one group as I have this year.

Ozzie, you are a class act. Plain and simple. You must come back next year, even if we win. You are too important to too many people to leave us now.

Kenny, fantastic job putting together an unbelievable team.

AJ, controversy or no controversy, you can play on my team any day. You are "just what the doctor ordered," as my grandfather used to say. Thanks for your fire. Thanks for your enthusiasm. Thanks for the outstanding job you've done with our pitching staff. Congratulations to you and your wife on little "AJ."

Paulie, you represent everything a White Sox player should be: a great athlete, a true role model and a strong leader. PLEASE come back next year. Thanks for everything. Congratulations to you and your wife on your first-born.

Juan, what an arm! Thanks for your unbelievable defense!

Joe - Mr. Clutch! You truly are amazing. Thanks for coming through for us so many times in key situations. Congratulations to you and your wife on the birth of your daughter.

Jermaine, you are my 85-year-old grandmother's "sweetie." Maybe you can hit one out for her...Thanks for being such a gentleman.

Aaron, watching you in center field has been a highlight of the season for me. Gold glove all the way. Thanks for all the thrills.

Mark, thanks for your smile and your big heart. It's definitely contagious and something I really needed this year. Oh, yeah, and fantastic pitching, too!

Big Bobby Jenks, you are REALLY AWESOME! I'm not big on that word, but it sure fits. Thanks for all your ninth inning heroics. Watching you pitch is nothing short of electrifying.

Last but not least, Scotty. I'm speechless.

I will NEVER forget every last one of you. No matter what happens. No matter who comes back next year and who doesn't. You have all had a deep impact on me and you will remain special to me forever.

Thanks for the memories. Thanks for the excitement. Thanks for putting a smile on my face, especially at a time when I needed it most.

Vicki

Orland Park, IL

Congratulations White Sox of Twenty-o-Five!! This means more to this great city, my family, friends, and me personally than anything. I had people laugh at me when I said in February that the White Sox would go to the playoffs and progress to the World Series and WIN IT ALL!!! I just knew it all along. I have had this feeling all this year even before spring training. I get teary eyed and chills flow through me when I think about what my heros have accomplished. Gentlemen it is an honor and a privlidge to be a Chicago White Sox fan and to don the logo of the greatest baseball TEAM ever.

Jason Graves

Naperville, IL

Of all the years that we have to be living in France!!!!

My husband has been a die-hard fan of the Sox since his days as a small dinosaur watching them in Sarasota (he saw Frank in the minors!!)--I joined him when we got together 4 years ago and he gave me hours and hours of history and stories. Now we both live and die by the Sox!!

At the very beginning of the '04 season I turned to my husband and said:

"The Red Sox will win the World Series this year and the White Sox will win it in 2005." Swear to God!

You cannot imagine how much we are freaking out all alone here in our tiny French village at 2:30am every game day! Thank god for MLB.com TV!!!!! And thank god for Rooney and Farmer and Hawk and DJ!!

AND THANK GOD FOR THE WHITE SOX!!! ALL OF YOU!!!!

You are going to do it!!!

YOU ARE GOING TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are magnificent!!!!

We are so PROUD!!!

Lucy Anderton and Nick Fox

AUVILLAR, FRANCE

PS: Crede!! I always believed in you!! You are so old-school!! It's in the hair! Keep it--you never were a clean cut type of guy anyway!

Imagine it's your first game of little league ball. As you run out to your position you can't help but notice the smell of the grass, the dirt and your new leather glove. Your heart is pounding. The blood rushes to your face. Sweat drips into your eyes and you wipe it away as you focus on the batter. SWING. CRACK. You are in motion, on your toes, scooping the ball and rifling it to first. OUT. You silently think "YES!" and get ready to do it again.
I remember those days. On off days from playing ball I'd perch down in the living room and watch the Sox and Cubs. Of course I pretended to be various players on the 1983 team. Fisk was my favorite. Those were Good Ole' Days. Days of Winning Ugly.

Fast forward to 2005. I've seen my fair share of games when the losses were plain ugly. What does this 2005 team have that makes them think they can Win Or Die Trying? Sure, the pitching staff is remarkable. 4 complete games! Uribe probably has the fastest soft hands in baseball right now. The outfielders slam themselves into the wall to prevent balls from leaving the park, barely avoiding bodily injury. Bats like Konerko's and Everett's and Thomas' swing with authority and cause opposing pitchers to shake in their cleats. So they can play... As I've seen in the past, talent alone does not a champion make.

It is when a group of talented champions come together and lend to each other not only their abilities but their guts, their hearts. It is when their manager and coaches care enough to put themselves on the line for the team. Coaches who know what it's like to be out there, on the same hallowed ground. Guys who have a vested interest in the team. Guys who once played on the very SAME team.

It takes the coming together of all of these champions. To do so with class, with respect for the game of baseball, respect for themselves and for each other.

How did these guys, these 2005 ALCS Champions win? I think that's obvious. I bet these guys could tell you what the field sounds like under their feet on a crisp spring day. Now, this group of men from the 2005 ALCS Championship White Sox team will know what it's like to play on a wet, cold, blustery day in October. Congrats to all of the Sox heros. Thanks for giving this 3rd generation Sox fan a new set of Good Ole Days with which to teach my children, the next generation of Sox fans, an appreciation of the game and how it is meant to be played.

Joy Schoeph Helfrich

Congratulations to an amazing team and an amazing coach. It has been a thrill watching you win and keep winning. Thank you for an incredible 2005 season. You have taken us on a journey to the best destination of all, the World Series!

Four more wins! Go Sox!!

Amy Guranovich

Elgin, IL

The first game my father ever
brought me to, Tommie McCraw

hit a grand slam and we beat

the Orioles senseless. I brought my ten and nine year

old boys to the dropped third

strike/Crede double game and they are hooked too, fourth

generation fans about to see World Champs on Chicago's South Side. It's a beautiful thing. Let's Go White Sox!!!

All I can say is thank you.

My great-grandfather saw the Sox win the series in 1917 and my family has been loyal to the White Sox ever since. White Sox baseball is a thread that binds my entire family together and my children are well on their way to becoming die-hard Sox fans. I went to my first Sox game in 1976 and this has definitely been the best season I've experienced. This team has captured my heart like no other and I'll never forget what you've given us.

On behalf of Sox fans past and present, a simple and heartfelt thank you.

Cyndi

Riverside, IL

First of all I have to say thank you guys for the all the hard work and for making this a memorable season. I've been a Sox Fan from the time I was able to understand baseball. I knew it would happen one day and now that time is here. I'll be watching every game with the champagne ready to fly. I know you guys can do it. Bring that championship back to where it belongs. Best of luck. GO SOX

TO ALL THE WHITE SOX:

First of all,I have to thank my Dad Frank, for teaching me how to be a good loser and baseball fan at the same time, as I spent most of my youth and weekends at Comiskey Park growing up.

It's too bad that he didn't live long enough to see this day with me, but I know that he is proudly watching down upon ALL OF YOU.

What you have done this year is beyond words, but the dream isn't over until you bring home the World Series Title to all of the fans in Chicago and beyond.

I have seen our teams of the 60's, the 70's (shorts?), the "Winning Ugly" in the 80's, the 90's where we got shorted on the season.

I have seen great White Sox players in my time, but nothing as cohesive as you, the 2005 TEAM. There I said it..Team! And there is no I in team.

You have all pitched in, and did what needed to be done to bring home an American League Championship. Now it's time to kick A^% and take names later.

I've got a ton of White Sox stuff on walls, hidden in closets, and places you would not believe. A lot of this stuff was before some of you were born. Thats how long I have waited for this day to come to pass.

As you step onto the field at the "Cell" Saturday, you will be living the dreams of White Sox fans both living and passed on, and these people will not let you down.

THIS IS OUR YEAR!

T.Reid

Hanover Park,Illinois

TO JERRY REINSDORF: I HAVE BEEN A DIE HARD CUBS FAN SINCE 1945, I WAS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD JUST STARTING HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN IT COMES TO CUBS AND SOX, IT'S CUBS EVERYTIME, HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT A SOX FAN WHEN IT COMES TO ROOTING FOR THE SOX AND CHICAGO IN THE WORLD SERIES. I HAVE LIVED IN ARLINGTON, TX SINCE 1981 BUT WILL FOREVER BE AN ILLINI AND WILL BE A SOX FAN IN THIS WORLD SERIES DISPITE THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T THINK YOU NEED US. FORTUNATELY THE TEAM DOESN'T THINK THAT WAY. THEY ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS WITH A TERRIFIC MANAGER. TO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To Ozzie and the Team
Good Luck at the 2005 World Series! We have been watching you all season long. Go White Sox Go

YOUR THE GREATEST

Whoohoo, you guys did such an awesome job, keep it up. Good luck in the World Series (I love the sound of that). And don't worry A.J. I'm sure the media will tire of blaming you for everything. I thought it was funny really but what can you do?! I big shoutout to Hawk and DJ, I miss hearing you guys do commentary.

GO SOX!

Angela Unsen

Dubuque, IA