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Article: CHICAGO IS BACK WHERE IT LONGS FOURTH WIN IN A ROW VS. ANGELS PUTS WHITE SOX IN WORLD SERIES.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- October 17, 2005
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Byline: Jack Etkin, Rocky Mountain News
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Dwight Eisenhower was president. Fidel Castro had just come to power in Cuba. Alaska and Hawaii became states. And Ben-Hur was the top-grossing movie.
The year was 1959, an eon ago on the baseball calendar and the last time the Chicago White Sox went to the World Series. Only the crosstown Cubs have been absent longer; their last Series appearance was in 1945.
The White Sox finally earned a return trip Sunday when they took the lead with a run in the eighth inning and tacked on two more in the ninth to beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3. It was Chicago's fourth consecutive victory as it ...