20 Years Ago Today - The White Sox Win The World Series, Sweeping The Astros In 4 Straight Games. The Rest In #ChicagoHistory. | Chicago History

With a scoreless sixth in the books and a 4-2 lead, Andy Pettitte went out, and in came Dan Wheeler, the Astros’ bullpen arm who’d barely blinked all postseason (one earned in seven innings). Wheeler snagged Joe Crede for the first out, but then Juan Uribe ripped a double into the gap. Scott Podsednik whiffed, Tadahito Iguchi worked a walk, and then chaos: Jermaine Dye gets plunked—or so the ump thinks. Replay shows it’s the bat knob, not flesh, but the call stands. No instant replay in those da