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2005 Chicago White Sox (#63) 4, 1927 New York Yankees (#2) 3
MVP: Scott Podsednik (CWS 2005) .414/.471/.552, 0 HR, 4 RBI
If the #1 seed falling to the #64 seed raised questions about how well these teams were seeded, this one shows that any of these teams can win it all. The 1927 Yankees are considered one of the best ever (the in-game description of the season mentions it too), but they still couldn't finish off the 2005 White Sox. The Yankees led Game 1 4-1 through 7, but a flurry of runs in the final innings made it exciting, but they still finished on top. Game 2 showed that this wasn't going to be a walk in the park for the heavily favored Yankees, as the White Sox scored 2 in the 1st and 3 in the 2nd on their way to tying the series. New York roared back in Game 3, scoring between 1-3 runs in each of the last 4 innings. The Yanks then led Game 4 4-3, and looked to take a strong lead in the series. But with one out in the bottom of the 9th, Scott Podsednik hit a double, and then scored on an Aaron Rowand triple. Tadahito Iguchi then hit a walk-off double to tie the series again. The Yankees had their own 9th inning heroics in Game 5. With the score tied at 3 and runners on 1st and 3rd, Mark Koenig hit an RBI single. This was followed by a Joe Dugan triple that scored the two runners. Dan Ruether finished off the Sox off with a 1-2-3 9th. The pendulum swung back to Chicago in Game 6 with another 9th inning run, this time on a Podsednik sac fly, giving the Sox a 1-run victory and another series tie. Game 7 was scoreless through 5, but Chicago got 4 runs in the 6th. They then got another 2 in the 9th, which they needed, because New York tried for another late comeback with 4 of their own. But it wasn't enough.
Scores: (Note: In 5 of 7 games, the losing team scored a total of 4 runs)
NYY 7 CWS 4
CWS 6 NYY 4
NYY 9 CWS 4
CWS 5 NYY 4
NYY 6 CWS 3
CWS 2 NYY 1
CWS 6 NYY 4
The 2005 White Sox's next opponent will be the winner of the 1923 Yankees / 1955 Dodgers series.
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