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Comcast SportsNet Chicago <\/a>will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Series Championship season of the Chicago White Sox <\/a>with the debut of an original 90-minute documentary.<\/p>\n \u201cBelieve: The Story of the 2005 Chicago White Sox,\u201d featuring interviews with players, coaches, execs and others whose lives were touched by the city\u2019s first Major League Baseball championship in 88 years, will premiere at 7 p.m. April 12 on the regional sports network.<\/p>\n Actor Mandy Patinkin, a South Side native and lifelong White Sox fan, will narrate the documentary, produced by Comcast SportsNet\u2019s Sarah Lauch and Ryan McGuffey.<\/p>\n \u201cThe 2005 White Sox championship had such a deep, monumental effect on the lives of so many fans due to its personal impact and this story truly showcases the moments leading up to the celebration that will live on for generations to come,\u201d Kevin Cross, senior director of news and original content for Comcast SportsNet, said in a statement. \u201cWe are excited to tell this amazing story of determination, as we will hear the stories and first-hand, behind-the-scenes experiences that have never been told before on camera until now.\u201d<\/p>\n Following its premiere April 12, \u201cBelieve: The Story of the 2005 Chicago White Sox\u201d will be repeated at 3:30 p.m. April 17 and at 3:30 p.m. April 19.<\/p>\n Here, according to Comcast SportsNet, are excerpts from the documentary:<\/strong><\/p>\n KENNY WILLIAMS on revamping the roster after the Minnesota Twins clinched the AL Central for the third-straight season in 2004:<\/strong> \u201cThe Minnesota Twins taught us the most valuable lesson \u2026as a matter of fact, I don\u2019t think we win the \u201905 World Series without the lessons that the Twins taught us\u2026that\u2019s when they publicly stated \u2018that team over there is better than us, has more talent than we do, but they are not going to beat us.\u2019 We really had to look within ourselves to figure out what, what does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n JON GARLAND on the White Sox being picked to finish 4th in the AL Central in 2005:<\/strong> \u201cI can remember a conversation with (Paul) Konerko. We got done in spring training one day and we were sitting outside, both waiting for a ride home. The poll had come out and we were picked to come in fourth in the division. We just sat there and kind of laughed because we looked around our clubhouse and saw some of the guys that came in. We had Jermaine (Dye) come in, we had Scotty (Podsednik) come in, A.J. (Pierzynski) came in. We didn\u2019t really quite know, but we knew we had the talent. We were just sitting there and talked about it and we just kind of laughed about it and we were both like \u2018you know what?...this might be the greatest thing possible for us.\u201d<\/p>\n A.J. PIERZYNSKI on how \"Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019 \" became the team anthem:<\/strong> \u201cIt was random. I think it was the hotel bar in Baltimore and they had a lounge singer and a guy playing the piano. (Joe) Crede and (Aaron) Rowand and I were just in there goofing around after a game and I think Crede yelled out \u2018Play some Journey!\u2019 and the guy was like \u2018I don\u2019t know anything like that.\u2019 And then, the next day in Baltimore, we were losing and they played \u2018Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019 and Crede again yells and we were all like \u2018Play some Journey!\u2019 We came back and scored and won the game. Then it just seemed like we would go to different places and they would play that song and we\u2019d always be like \u2018Play some Journey!\u2019 and then we would always come back and win the game.\u201d<\/p>\n JOE CREDE on the surging Indians:<\/strong> \u201cAt the time, I\u2019m thinking \u2018we\u2019re not going to the playoffs, we\u2019re just going to blow this lead right here,\u2019 but that just showed the character of the team. Just that year, everything seemed to fall into place. It was just a magical year and it was meant to be\u2026luck was on our side and it just seemed like once we got over that hump towards the end and got into the playoffs, it just seemed like \u2018alright, it\u2019s meant to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Ozzie Guillen<\/p><\/div>\n OZZIE GUILLEN on the Orlando \u201cEl Duque\u201d Hernandez game \u2013 Game 3 of ALDS (Red Sox had bases loaded with no outs, trailing 4-3 in the sixth inning, when Hernandez entered the game in relief):<\/strong> \u201cI told (bench coach) Joey Cora, \u2018this is it\u2026this is what will take the team to the next level.\u2019 I asked \u2018El Duque\u2019 and said \u2018how you do that?...what went through your mind? You know what Duque told me? He said \u2018everybody wants to be a hero in that time\u2026everybody wants to swing 3-2\u2026they want to be the hero\u2026and I got them.\u00a0 Experience.\u201d<\/p>\n OZZIE GUILLEN on the dropped third strike scenario involving A.J. Pierzynski in Game 2 of the ALCS:<\/strong> \u00a0\u201cThat call could go either way. What happened with that time, baseball gods were with the White Sox and we had the smartest guy on the field at that particular time. It\u2019s funny. When I saw A.J. running, I said \u2018here we go, A.J.\u2019s being stupid again.\u2019 A.J. was always doing something to make you very upset. When he turned, I thought he was going to fight with the (catcher) and he kept running. I thought \u2018aw, he\u2019s going to make a fool of himself in the playoffs, come on, what are you doing?!\u2019 All of a sudden, things stopped\u2026safe\u2026and it\u2019s like \u201cokay, what just happened?!\u201d<\/p>\n MIKE SCIOSCIA on the dropped third strike scenario involving A.J. Pierzynski in Game 2 of the ALCS:<\/strong> \u201cWell, my opinion on it hasn\u2019t changed. It was a horrible call. That play didn\u2019t win or lose the game or series for us. We had a lot of opportunities. To say that one play was something that cost us the series, I disagreed with that then, I still disagree with that now, but I do think that it was one of the worst calls that I\u2019ve ever seen and it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n A.J. PIERZYNSKI on the dropped third strike:<\/strong> \u201c(The ball) hit the ground. The umpire said it hit the ground, but I didn\u2019t really care to be honest. I just ran because I thought it hit the ground and when I took a step and he didn\u2019t tag me, I just remember that I ran and they called me safe. Thing is (Mike) Scioscia is right, it didn\u2019t win or lose the series for us. (Angels pitcher) John Lackey was like \u2018you guys were going to win no matter what, your pitching was better and you guys threw four complete games\u2026that\u2019s what won the series, not that one play.\u201d<\/p>\n PAUL KONERKO on his Game 2 World Series grand slam: \u201c<\/strong>This place was\u2026I mean, I\u2019ve played a lot of games here and I\u2019ve never seen anything like what was going on in the stadium after that. I knew when I was out there at first, throwing ground balls, then we finished up the ground balls, and you step back to your position\u2026but it\u2019s the postseason, so the commercials are long and you have to wait. Just to look around, I knew this is like \u2018I\u2019ll remember this\u2026this is a pretty cool thing.\u201d<\/p>\n SCOTT PODSEDNIK on his Game 2 World Series walk-off home run:<\/strong> \u201cI got all of it. I hit it as good as I could hit it. It was cold and rainy that night and the ball wasn\u2019t travelling great, so I knew I had got enough of it to at least get it to the wall. I really wasn\u2019t thinking about if it was going to leave or not. I was thinking three (bases), at least two, and right before I saw (White Sox first base coach) Tim Raines throw his hands up, I looked up to right center and saw it leave. I\u2019m getting chills reliving it.\u201d<\/p>\n BOBBY JENKS on being the pitcher for the final out of a World Series win:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s like a silence that comes over you\u2026everything goes numb. You\u2019re in this moment where you know what just happened, but you don\u2019t want to believe it just happened\u2026that it\u2019s actually over, but you know it\u2019s real at the same time. You can hear in the background this fading\u2026everybody\u2026the excitement, but there\u2019s the silence over you. It\u2019s almost like a build-up and everyone starts collecting on the mound and it\u2019s just a giant roar\u2026it\u2019s an incredible feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n KENNY WILLIAMS on the final out:<\/strong> \u00a0\u201cFor me, it was a deep breath and then my attention went right to Jerry (Reinsdorf) and I think I watched him from the time of the last pitch to the time we went down to the tunnels. I watched him because he was\u2026he was like a little kid, and I promised him we\u2019re going to get this done. So to see that come to fruition and to see he and his family, how they celebrated and the weight I think finally being off him, it was just very gratifying\u2026beyond gratifying\u2026I don\u2019t have a word to describe that.\u201d<\/p>\n Jerry Reinsdorf<\/p><\/div>\n JERRY REINSDORF on his raw emotion of the final out:<\/strong> \u201cIt was a deep breath, that\u2019s what it was. Even up three games to nothing, it could happen. The year before, the Red Sox had come back from three nothing. It could happen. For a moment, it was a feeling of disbelief. The Chicago White Sox have won the World Series after 88 years?! It was amazing. It was just an amazing feeling and we were all up, all night long, celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n OZZIE GUILLEN on when he truly realized they won the World Series:<\/strong> \u201cI hate to fly. I don\u2019t like to fly and I fly every other day. Coming down to Chicago, the (flight) captain always wanted me to come and see the landing. I ain\u2019t going to do that! My family is here now! So, we were landing and the captain called one of the stewardesses and said \u2018just bring Ozzie\u2026just to see this.\u2019 He flew around Midway Airport and I saw the line and I saw the people in the street. Then I just\u2026then I couldn\u2019t stop crying\u2026that was when I realized what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n PAUL KONERKO on when he decided to give the final out World Series ball to Jerry Reinsdorf at the downtown parade\/rally:<\/strong> \u201cProbably sometime after Game 3. Again, you don\u2019t want to start thinking ahead because it seems like in sports and in baseball, every time you\u2019re like \u2018we\u2019re going to win this game,\u2019 then it doesn\u2019t happen. So, you try to keep your thoughts away from those things, but I certainly knew before Game 4. I\u2019d given (the final ball) to the starting pitcher in the divisional series clincher and the ALCS, so those had all gone to the winning pitcher of those games. But, I knew for that one, it should go to Jerry.\u201d<\/p>\n JERRY REINSDORF on receiving the final out World Series ball from Konerko:<\/strong> \u201cI almost lost it when he gave me the ball, it was never on my mind. Then, when he called me up and gave me the ball, I really came very, very close to being overly emotional. I was emotional enough as it was. If you take out the birth of children and getting married, certainly, yeah, that was my number one moment with the White Sox. Baseball is the one sport that ties generations together. We were able to give everybody that wonderful feeling. That was the best part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n PAUL KONERKO on the legacy of being a part of the first team in Chicago to win a World Series in 88 years:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s probably a good thing we didn\u2019t know how much was at stake for people around here because we might have played tight. We might not have done it. You\u2019re talking about serious things with people dying and families and all these things that made the connections with them\u2026their fathers and their mothers\u2026it\u2019s pretty heavy stuff.\u00a0 I\u2019m definitely proud that I was on that team. Everybody on that team will always have that place here. It could be 50 years from now, 100 years from now, but that team is the first one that brought it back after that many years.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBelieve: The Story of the 2005 Chicago White Sox.\"<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Comcast SportsNet Chicago will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2005 World Series Championship season of the Chicago White Sox with the debut of an original 90-minute documentary. \u201cBelieve: The Story of the 2005 Chicago White Sox,\u201d featuring interviews with players, coaches, execs and others whose lives were touched by the city\u2019s first Major... Continue reading ![\"Ozzie](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ozzie-Guillen-150x150.jpg\")
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