The Milwaukee Brewers pushed all the way to the brink of a sweep before Tuesday night snapped the run in the most painful way possible, and in doing so they preserved a little bit of White Sox lore.
For the White Sox, that matters. The Brewers were one win from joining the 2005 Sox and the 1999 New York Yankees at 11-1 in the postseason, but a chaotic bottom of the 12th in Game 4 turned into a walk-off win for the Tampa Bay Rays.
That made it only the second loss of the Brewers’ playoff run. The first came in Game 3 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres, a 4-3 defeat.
With that second loss in the books, Milwaukee can no longer match the 11-1 mark that has stood as the postseason standard since teams had to win at least three rounds to take the World Series. That keeps the 2005 White Sox unique in one very specific way, and Sox fans noticed immediately.
In the wake of Game 4, plenty of them jumped on social media to celebrate that the champions from 2005 are still the most recent team to finish a postseason at 11-1. Because God forbid somebody else eventually do it, too!
It’s easy enough to understand why that benchmark still carries weight on the South Side. The White Sox have lived under the shadow of that title team for years, and national media hasn’t exactly helped matters. At times, it can feel like parts of Chicago have forgotten the club exists.
The organization has also made things harder on itself. Since that championship, the Sox have reached only four postseason series, and they didn’t win one again until sweeping the Houston Astros in the Wild Card this year.
Still, none of that changes what the 2005 team accomplished. Years can pass, the noise can get louder, and the memories can get blurred, but that postseason run stays on the books.
And while White Sox fans can take a little comfort in seeing that record survive another day, the bigger picture is pretty simple: every team gets its own championship story. The Brewers are one win away from finishing theirs. You might as well tip your cap to them.
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