Boston had hoped for its first repeat titles since 1915-16, but for the second time in three years its season ended thanks to a Tim Wakefield knuckleball that went over a left-field wall.
The White Sox lost in the ’19 and ’59 Series and the ’83, ’93 and 2000 playoffs. With the three-game sweep, they are the first team to advance to the second round of the playoffs, where they will play the winner of the Angels-Yankees series that was tied 1-1 heading into Friday night.
The Red Sox were knocked out of the playoffs before Curt Schilling even got a chance to pitch. The star of the 2004 postseason was scheduled to start Saturday in Game 4.
– Easy as 1-2-3: Konerko, White Sox sweep aside World Series champs, Sports Illustrated
If we keep going at this rate with teams that haven’t won the World Series in a while it’ll only be a decade before it’s the Cubs’ turn.