It has been 13 years since the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series. The South Side’s 4 game sweep capped off one of the most dominating postseason efforts the game has ever seen. There was no shortage of highlights from that memorable run. One of the biggest moments came from one of the team’s lesser known players at the time: Geoff Blum.
Simply put, Game 3 of the 2005 World Series was a long one. 14 innings to be exact. Well, Blum had had enough of that. On a 2-0 pitch, he golfed one out over the right field wall on a line drive, giving the White Sox the lead for good.
While Blum gave the team the go-ahead run, they still needed to close it down. After 14 innings, there wasn’t much pitching depth remaining. Mark Buehrle, who was on short rest, was one of the last viable options, and he has openly admitted to drinking throughout the game.
That intake of alcohol didn’t stop Buehrle from recording the save though, and the White Sox put a stranglehold on the series by going up 3 games to 0.
10/25/05: Mark Buehrle came in during the bottom of the 14th to get the final out in Game 3 of the World Series. #108ing
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Fans will always remember Paul Konerko’s Grand Slam and Scott Podsednik’s walk-off home run. But Blum and Buehrle provided plenty of fireworks of their own.
