To the Marlins:
Not only do I want to think you, but all White Sox fans thank you, because had the Cubs made it to the World Series it would have been the end of baseball. Baseball would have been over in the city of Chicago. There's not doubt. There would be more of a pro-Cubs shadow over this city than already exists. No baseball fan in their right mind needs that. Moreover, the Marlins played with the heart and persistance that makes me glad I'm a baseball fan. Defeating Prior and Wood consecutively had not been done in 2003 and only the Marlins can do it convincingly. Jeffrey Loria may be a prick, but he's a smart prick. Baseball needs that too. Thank you Marlins and thank you Marlins fans for showing up in mobs to Pro Player and rooting on the fish against the Schlubs. We love you on the southside now and forever.