Good Guys & Winners Wear Black - 1993 Division Champion Chicago White Sox

[@vancelubben4527]

This is why I'm a white Sox fan to this day. Awesome!!! Good guys wear black!!!

[@ryanheather4309]

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[@boogitybear2283]

You can put it on the Board!? YYYYEEES!!

[@el_wilder8860]

The good ol days... liked the white sox pin stripes back when they didn't put the last names on the jerseys. Lance Johnson and Ozzie Guillen were my idols during this era. Ron Karkovice remember him too w his goggle glasses lol.... I can literally name and remember most players from this era. Man hearing wimpy really brings me back to when I was little and watching the ball game on Friday nights w my grandparents while spending the night w them... they are no longer w me. Really appreciate this video.

[@igorslocks]

Agree, names don't belong on the back of Pin Stripes. Shit u play 82 games a year at home, I know who 35 is. Who 23 is. Who 1 is. Etc

[@shawnjohnson3228]

Dad pulled me out of school for the opener. I didn't have a voice after Bo cranked the HR!

[@austin6526]

Great memories watching this old VHS with my brother. Thanks for uploading.

[@frankk.7761]

my favorite sox team...

[@aaazzz090]

Yes I agree 100 percent they are my favorite White Sox team of all time too. This team had everything from great pitching to great hitting it was just a Fantastic team.The early to mid 90's were a great time to be a Baseball fan and a White Sox fan....

[@MrGeorgewf]

4 players on this team are on my all time White Sox Team. Frank Thomas, Jack McDowell and Robin Ventura, Carlton Fisk.

[@ryansemrau7058]

Man I tell ya what this is when I loved baseball. Absolutely loved it. 90s were a great time for most things especially baseball. Hell other 3 sports were great then too.

[@maralfwoj]

1994 could have been even better. Frank was at the peak of his prime.

[@stevieg314]

47:08 i will never ever forget watching that "towering fly ball" By BO fly into the stands!! That was the loudest sound i ever heard coming out of the TV, ever. Got chills again just watching it again....i was 30 then, 58 now.. seems like yesterday.

[@SambaSunnySideUp]

I had this VHS. God bless you

[@MrSilkySweat]

I 've been searching for this video for years! thanks a ton!

[@jiordone8563]

Sox were primed to get to the World Series the following year, but the lockout ended that dream. Going into the lockout, the Sox pitching staff was on fire. McDowell, Fernandez, Alvarez and Bere were tearing it up in every start, and Belcher as a 5th starter was doing decent. The team had the playoff experience from this Toronto loss and were ready to get it done. Sad that it ended the way it did for this group.

[@mrstonejack23]

As of today, Dec. 21st, 2019. I predict the 2020 White Sox will make the playoffs!

[@raptorspostgametalk]

Well ms. corona has other plans 😂

[@anthonyrschmitz5182]

I followed Bo Jackson to the White Sox and cause of him I grew to love the rest of this white sox team. This was the team that really got me into baseball.

[@michaelhartman683]

The 1993 ALCS was the first televised Major League Baseball game I can remember watching. And I've been a Sox fan ever since.

[@StFidjnr]

The chi sox hang tough with the team that went on to win the world series

[@ericreyes3383]

I miss the old upper deck Comiskey Park had with the blue line

[@vaughnmild4467]

I have a couple seats from up there.

[@RaginRonic]

As a fan of the Blue Jays, when it came to everything that team did in 1992 and 1993, I took NOTHING for granted in either of those playoff years. When it came to the White Sox, I took them dead serious when it came to the threat they posed to the Jays. There is a reason why the Sox got to the 1993 ALCS in the 1st place. And that reason is why I thank the White Sox for keeping that year's ALCS honest to the Jays. As we know, the Sox eventually bagged the World Title in 2005. To the Sox fans, your team had a great year in '93, and I hope that you all blew the roof off the joint when you finally claimed the Commissioner's Trophy back in 2005. =B

[@andytihonow3676]

Watching this reminded me of how much the White Sox used to beat the heck out of Todd stoddlemeyer. Would love to see his career era against the White Sox. I just remember seeing him in the lineup for the blue jays and saying well White Sox won today.

[@MGAF688]

One World Series appearance in 64 years between 1959-23. Two World Series appearances in 104 years between 1919-2023. Ouch.

[@williamdiemert2116]

Bo (Bo Know) Jackson and Frank (Big Hurt) Thomas.

[@cavalierfan1995]

as a reds fan this was the only american league team i watched cause i had the wgn station i was a sophomore in high school in 93

[@DeLuna29]

Go White Sox

[@ryanheather4309]

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[@andytihonow3676]

Sad thing is this team would have won the World Series in 94 if not for the strike

[@MassenaLineRailfan]

If the 1994 season played out the Montreal Expos would of been the favorites to win it all. They had the best record in Majors when the lock out started and were on pace to win over 100 games. If they won the World Series the Expos could of stayed in Montreal.

[@TC16842]

Yes sir!!! They would've beat the Expos in 7

[@tonyschmitz1997]

This was the first team I fell in love with. I came to the White Sox cause of Bo Jackson. I picked up the Rockies in 1993 as my NL team but the Sox at the time we’re still first in my heart but in 94 when Bo left for Cali the Rox became my new team to this day

[@Frank_Cohen]

Wow. Fascinating story. (Eyeroll)

[@fallen4life080]

White Sox need to take the names off of their Jerseys. We are a charter member of the American League, our roots date back to 1900. Our Nostalgia runs just as deep as the Red Sox, Yankees, and Giants. No more names on the back of Jerseys

[@kedro5]

If it means anything, the White Sox were the first team in the MLB to add names to their jerseys.

[@hushg2000]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, the cubs gave up one of their team name to the south side. So that’s why you’re called the “White Sox” ... So yeah, how’s that charter taste? lol

[@fallen4life080]

@@hushg2000 Little history here. The Cubs didn't "give it up" to the Sox. Comiskey TOOK the name from the Cubs who were known as the Orphans at the time as a slight to then-owner Albert Spalding. Teams didn't have official names in 1900, instead, they relied on what the populace/media called them or what the team unofficially tried to call themselves. The Tribune called them the Orphans after Cap Anson left the team thereby "orphaning" the players, even though the team was trying to tinker with new names for itself eventually settling on the Cubs. When Comiskey was told to build his park on the south side by Spalding and the NL president he told the tribune to call his team the White Stockings and they did and everyone followed suit leaving Spalding feeling a little bitter because people had stopped calling his team the White Stocking for years. Also, the NL was in disarray in 1900. baseball was becoming unpopular and overly conservative until the AL made drinking legal in ballparks and played games on Sundays.....all thanks to Comiskey and Ban Johnson.

[@fallen4life080]

@@kedro5 Yup, I am aware of that fact ironically. But that was a decision made by the eccentric Vill Veeck. He shook things up with an exploding scoreboard, marketing promotions and names in the back, but it went against tradition.

[@vaughnmild4467]

@@kedro5 Agreed. With the home pinstripes. I'm personally burnt on the 82-86 "Winning Ugly" throwbacks. I vote for the 87-90 uniforms for Sunday home games (keep the # on the pants)

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

1993 will be the final season the White Sox play in the American League Western Division (as well as the Major League Baseball's 4-division format). The following year, the White Sox will move to the newly formed Central Division when Major League Baseball expanded to a 6-division format.

[@leviiniguez8767]

I’m not a ChiSox fan or from the Chi, but how good was this team?!

[@BigD1987]

They could've won the '94 World Series, but the strike killed this team.

[@flyingdutchman8321]

GO Blue Jays! This was when baseball was great...now the whole thing is a big giant joke! From about 1983 when I was born up until 1995 or 1996 perhaps MLB was the best thing on Earth.

[@Champwsox05]

10:48 God, do I miss Wimpy :)

[@santaclause3487]

Me too, but I don’t miss Ventura

[@maralfwoj]

I have this on vhs!

[@raulgreen8369]

Who could forget Bo Jackson bomb in the Kingdome on WGN Television 9. The homerun went 498 feet.

[@raptorspostgametalk]

The White Sox are my 2nd favorite team in baseball of course Toronto is my favorite but just watching this reminds me of the 1989 story of the Blue Jays who came back to win the East funny thing is they loss to the Oakland Athletics who won the world series that year in 1993 Chicago loss to Toronto they won the world series that year but as a Toronto fan seeing George Bell on both teams with Toronto in 1989 n Chicago in 1993

[@KardiFan2000]

Dave Stieb was briefly on this team too...there he is at 14:07 to congratulate his old buddy George Bell.

[@metop33]

Anybody know who the VoiceOver is?

[@raulgreen8369]

Highlights from WBBM-TV Channel 2, SportsChannel Chicago, of WGN-TV Channel 9 In 1993.Too bad they ran into the Blue Jays In ALCS

[@MrDuds1984]

From 92-94 there was no bigger feared hitter in the game than Frank Thomas

[@codgump2012]

1994 white Sox will win it all 😊

[@dereksupernaut]

does it get any better then one adult male referring to another adult male as... Wimpy!!! fax!!!

[@mariopalos9238]

Alomar looks like he's coming from the dugout. @53:00

[@igorslocks]

Ellis Burks had a nice playoffs. Robin Ventura is the player who really didn't hit squat in postseason. Raines played well too in playoffs but Ventura had some big opportunities slip thru his fingers. In 1994 a lot more slipped thru entire organization's fingers

[@mizztery2994]

Aren't you forgetting Bo "One man short" Jackson? He literally couldn't hit the ball in the postseason. At least Robin hit that home run to keep Game 5 alive, allowing Bo another opportunity to whiff while representing the tying run.

[@igorslocks]

@@mizztery2994 yeah I guess but in reality by that point it was apparent Bo was a shell of himself (do give credit for even coming back from that type of injury, mind you) and anything he did was a very pleasant surprise. Robin was still in upward projection stage of his career and I expected more from him that postseason.

[@mizztery2994]

@@igorslocks Bo showed that his ego was still very much intact, though. Maybe if he hadn't ran his mouth and trash talked, his 0-fer wouldn't have looked as bad.

[@igorslocks]

@@mizztery2994 most definitely. I guess when you are that good for that long at every level- even professional where it usually evens out- it's hard for reality to set in that some ships have done sailed. Honestly, '83 hurt more especially since they won 1st game in Baltimore and then the Dybber's base running blunder wasting Britt Burns magnificent effort(Damn you Tito Landrum!) really thought that '94 was gonna be the year(Damn you Reinsdorf & the strike!!) because Toronto was so experienced & talented. 1thing for damn sure is this year -2023- is such a disappointment because it's hard to see a real improvement happening in a relatively short time span. Baseball isn't like Football where you can flip some of the roster, get a couple guys in the draft & Free Agency, and with the last place schedule: Bang! You're competitive again. Baseball takes a few years to flip. All that said - thank God it's Football season because at least the Bears should (🤞) have a shot at a wildcard(Detroit is winning the division). Have a good day my friend

[@erics2739]

War eagle 🦅. Auburn legends bo Jackson and frank thomas!

[@Nickrj3]

I don’t understand why Dan Pasqua wasn’t covering first. 4:38

[@andytihonow3676]

Nick Johnson classic example of a guy falling asleep in the field.

[@vaughnmild4467]

@@andytihonow3676 Wasn't he more of corner outfielder/DH? Seen him play 1st a few times, but IDT it was his primary position?

[@andytihonow3676]

Celebrity homerun hitting contest what a disaster that was lol

[@StFidjnr]

33:03 the pingpong pro in question

[@phonetechreviews5352]

Classic

[@santaclause3487]

Ventura killed us vs Jays.

[@DakinRinone]

Ozzie was always ozzie lol

[@jorgeluislugoyanez6922]

Ozzie guillen ss

[@bigdogbrunet8881]

Bo jackson

[@guyincognito320]

Was a great Sox team. The Jays were aberrantly good though, just loaded with hall of famers. It was still winnable for us. But Black Jack and Alex Fernandez both going 0-2? Weak sauce. Alvarez and Bere, both young/rookie, won each of their starts on the road. Supposedly McDowell was tipping his pitches. If you remove that, this is winnable in 6 or 7 games. But who cares, we got on 13 years later. Hopefully a second one this fall

[@mizztery2994]

To be fair, Fernandez pitched well in both his games. Him going 0-2 wasn't really his fault. Especially Game 2 where two of the Jays' three runs were unearned thanks to the bumbling Dan Pasqua at first base and then the Sox' offense loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth and couldn't score.

[@kcatleticos]

Michael Jordan played on this team.

[@ryanheather4309]

No he didn't. He only played in a Sox-Cubs exhibition game.

[@shawnjohnson3228]

And that was 1994...he was still playing for the Bulls during this season

[@UnhungHero]

He was in a celebrity home run derby in 1993 which is what they showed