The White Sox have always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to baseball in Chicago.





Without the national profile of the crosstown Cubs, it feels like the onus is on the South Siders to remind the world that, hey, they exist, too.





And when the country's largest sports media empire is the one forgetting about you--for the second year in a row, no less--that can feel pretty damn insulting.





This year, a quickly-deleted tweet from ESPN's account asserted that the 2017 Dodgers were only the second team to make it to the World Series in the expansion era with two postseason losses or fewer, and the first since the 1998 Yankees.





Yes, these Dodgers and the '98 Yanks did both lose two games en route to the Fall Classic.





The '05 White Sox only dropped one.

ESPN has forgotten the White Sox won the 2005 World Series two Oct. 24ths in a row https://t.co/1RFFtZ0a7Y — Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) October 24, 2017

​​ Last year, it was SportsCenter that forgot about the 2005 White Sox triumph in a graphic listing Chicago championships since 1965 at the height of last October's Cubs fever.​​

As a baseball fan, I feel for the White Sox faithful. One of the most beautifully-assembled teams in baseball history, the '05 Sox erased 88 years of heartbreak with a dominant postseason. A team devoid of top stars, they battled out several gutsy wins with true team ball. Everyone stepped up when they were needed most.





I mean, come on, ESPN. Do you not remember Scott Podsednik, who didn't have a home run all regular season, hitting a walk-off in Game 2 of the World Series?

​​ I've long held the belief that you can't win a World Series without having a team that functions like real unit, n ine guys who all slot in to their roles and have a sense of chemistry that puts them over the hump.





The 2005 White Sox were the epitome of what it means to be a team. Paul Konerko, Tadahito Iguchi, Juan Uribe, Joe Crede in the infield. Aaron Rowand, Scotty Pods, and Jermaine Dye in the outfield. AJ Pierzynski behind the plate, Carl Everett at DH.





And, of course, the most iconic of them all: manager Ozzie Guillen, whose particular passion was the driving force of the club.





None of those guys are Hall of Famers, outside of maybe Konerko, who retired with 439 home runs. But r eal champions just find a way to win. Sweeping the dominant Astros in the World Series, with each game decided by two runs or less, the '05 White Sox proved that they belonged at the top of the mountain.



