The championship drought that the White Sox suffered between 1917 and 2005 was often overshadowed by the more notable failures of the Red Sox and Cubs for the better part of the century the teams all toiled. The Cubs began theirs before the White Sox and ended well after, while the Red Sox had a more notable origin that the press loved to run with. There was no Ruth or billy goat to laugh about, the White Sox had only their scandal from 1919 to look upon, making it less fun and easier to ignore. The 1917 season went easy enough for the ChiSox, with Pants Rowland managing the team to a 100-54 record, best in franchise history and 9 games beyond the 2nd place Red Sox, claiming the pennant. Facing off against them in the World Series were the New York Giants. The teams split the first 4 games of the series, the home team winning each game, until it looked like the Giants were going to flip the script in Game 5, loading the bases in the top of the 1st inning and taking a 4-1 lead into...