World Series 05 Fall Classic Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox; Major League Baseball Official Program
New York: Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 208 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Cover has slight wear and soiling. Includes articles by Dan Rosen, Eric Enders, Bob Costas, Anamika Chakrabarty, Steven Krasner, Chris Smith, Juan Rodriguez, Alan Schwarz, Bob Klapisch, Jon Clifford, Bob Cohn, Jon Schwartz, Dan Williams, Bert Sugar and Roger Kahn. The 2005 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2005 season. The 101st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Chicago White Sox and the National League (NL) champion Houston Astros. The White Sox swept the Astros in four games, winning their third World Series championship and their first in 88 seasons. Although the series was a sweep, all four games were quite close, being decided by two runs or fewer. The series was played between October 22–26, 2005.
Home-field advantage was awarded to Chicago by virtue of the AL's 7–5 victory over the NL in the 2005 MLB All-Star Game. The Astros were attempting to become the fourth consecutive wild card team to win the Series, following the Anaheim Angels (2002), Florida Marlins (2003) and Boston Red Sox (2004). Both teams were attempting to overcome decades of disappointment, with a combined 132 years between the two teams without a title. The Astros were making their first Series appearance in 44 years of play, while the White Sox had waited exactly twice as long for a title, having last won the Series in 1917, and had not been in the Series since 1959, three years before the Astros' inaugural season.
Like the 1982 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, the 2005 World Series is one of only two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) with no possibility for a rematch between the two opponents, because the Astros moved to the AL in 2013. Neither team advanced to the post-season in 2006, but both the White Sox and the Astros were in the Wild Card race until the final weeks of the season, with the White Sox finishing with 90 wins, the Astros with 82 wins. The White Sox made their first post-2005 playoff appearance in 2008, while the Astros would not return to the postseason until 2015, their third season as an American League team and would not return to the World Series until 2017, their fifth season as an American League team. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Baseball, MLB, World Series, Dan Rosen, Eric Enders, Bob Costas, Anamika Chakrabarty, Steven Krasner, Chris Smith, Juan Rodriguez, Alan Schwarz, Bob Klapisch, Jon Clifford, Bob Con, Jon Schwartz, Dan Williams, Bert Sugar, Roger Kahn
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