On this day in 2005, I was in a crowded bar right off 103rd and Pulaski, Gilhoouley’s. My very tall friend Nick towered over the crowd with a broom above his head, shouting at a TV “LET’S GO SOX!” It was the magical night that the White Sox won the World Series in epic fashion defeating the Houston Astros, ending an 88 year period without a championship. It was one of my favorite memories as a Southsider.

Winning the World Series was validation as a Sox fan. We did not need to be the most popular team in town to be the top team in baseball. The 05 Sox were a collection of talented hard-working players who won 99 games in the regular series, but as this video from EXE_Edits breaks down that despite their success the team was disregarded by the national media.

Here are some video reliving that memorable October.

In the ALDS, the Sox dominated with a 5 run inning against Boston.

Paul Konerko crushing a GRAND SLAM in Game 2 of the World Series.

Joe Crede evens the odds for the Sox to tie the ALCS with this banger.

Jermaine Dye grinds in the RBI to give the Sox the lead late in the series-clinching Game 4.

A few years ago,. NBC Sports Chicago put out this retrospective in a special called ‘Believe’.