Goodness.  With all this talk about the Chicago White Sox, you’d think they took the field alone.  Well they played somebody in the World Series.  That somebody turned out to be a pretty good team too… the Cincinnati Reds.  The Reds may have been the best team in the country that year.  They won 96 games and lost only 44.  Goodness.  Remember, the owners cut the number of games that season, only 140 were played.  Just imagine how many the Reds would have won if the number of games remained the same.  Their pitching staff ranked 2nd in Earned Run Average, while their batting just smashed that little white pill all over the field.  Hall of Famer Edd Roush owned the batting title that year with an average of .321.  Goodness.

It’s easy to forget about the “other” guys when talking about the 1919 World Series.  Just think, the all mighty White Sox with Shoeless Joe, Buck Weaver, Lefty Williams, and Eddie Collins were pretty intimidating.  Goodness.  However, that’s why they play the game on the field.