October 6, 2008
Evening Box Score: Sox Eliminated
The city of Chicago landed both of our teams in the postseason for the first time since the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and all we got was one stinkin' win before both teams' fortunes sunk quicker than Wall Street. On Monday night, the White Sox saw their season come to a close after losing to the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 at the Cell.
Only two batters into the game, B.J. Upton homered off Gavin Floyd. He did so again in the third. This from a guy who'd only hit nine all season. The Rays added two more runs in the fourth before a Paul Konerko shot in the bottom of the inning put the Sox on the board. Jermaine Dye crushed a ball over the left field wall in the sixth, but that was all the scoring the Sox could muster.
Tampa Bay moves on to face Boston. And Chicago can collectively begin looking toward Spring Training in February.
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
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ahh, schadenfreude. sometimes it can be glorious.
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All in all, a bittersweet end to a great season for a team that generally performed well and exceeded expectations. It feels good to win a game in a postseason we weren't even supposed to see ... probably much better than it feels to be swept in a postseason you were supposed to own.
Tampa's a brilliant team, and I wish them the best.
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Nothing like playing with house money...
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Congrats Sox,
You went above and beyond the "experts" expectations.
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As much money as both Chicago teams spend, and neither of 'em can even look competitive in a postseason series..
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I beg to differ. The Sox were competitive in all three of their losses. Buehrle pitched a hell of a game in game 2 and they came back once they got Vazquez out of game 1. The Rays outplayed and outpitched them, sure, and they tried too hard to win with homeruns, but they were not blown out in any game.
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The Sox still never, at any time, looked like the better team. They were outclassed and outplayed in every way..