THE CLINCHER (PAGE 3) Scott Podsednik said his manager kept them loose. They sure seemed to let go of whatever tension remained after finishing off the Tigers 4-2 in Detroit on Thursday. The win gave the Sox the satisfaction of holding off hard-charging Cleveland.
MIKE DOWNEY (PAGE 3) But none of that matters now. The only concern for the Sox is a still-to-be-determined opponent for Game 1
of the ALDS at U.S. Cellular Field. THE FANS (PAGE 4) You can bet the mayor will be there. “This is a happy day, happy day,” said the Sox Fan In Chief. THE ARCHITECT,THE BUILDING BLOCKS and THE CHAIRMAN (PAGES 6 and 7) It wasn’t a happy day in 2000, not after Seattle had swept those Sox. Only Paul Konerko, Frank Thomas and Mark Buehrle remain. GM Ken Williams has remade his team into a division champ, repaying the trust Jerry Reinsdorf had in Williams to move what had seemed irreplaceable talent–and hire a manager who had never managed.WHAT A MONTH! AND WHAT’S NEXT? (PAGE 5) From the season’s first win–over those pesky Indians, no less–through the angst-filled final month, it was quite a ride. “This isn’t it,” Dustin Hermanson said. “We’re not stopping here.” Neither should you. There’s more inside.
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