John Rooney shares his memories of the 2005 White Sox championship season
Spiegel & Holmes Show
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🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Jenks with a deep breath. |
| 0:05.1 | The O'Ks the side from the stretch with a runner at second. |
| 0:09.3 | Here's the one-two pitch to Palmero. |
| 0:11.6 | A ground ball past Jenks up the middle of the infield. |
| 0:14.0 | Uribe has it. |
| 0:15.0 | He throws out, out. |
| 0:17.5 | A White Sox winner and a world championship. |
| 0:20.5 | The White Sox have won the World Series, and they're mobbing each other on the field. |
| 0:26.1 | This was a great ball game tonight. |
| 0:30.0 | This is as good as it get. |
| 0:31.3 | The Sox are world champions in Chicago. |
| 0:33.8 | Go crazy. |
| 0:35.0 | The celebration is on the mound right now at Bennett-Made Park in Houston. |
| 0:40.0 | On Wednesday, October 26, 2005, the White Sox have won their first world championship since 1917. |
| 0:51.3 | Well, that is the dream to get to call one of those. |
| 0:54.8 | This is Spiegel and Holmes, Judson Richards, and Lou Canellis. |
| 0:58.3 | And for Speegs and Lawrence today, the man who made that call, joins us now on 6-7 of the |
| 1:03.9 | score, John Rooney. |
| 1:05.2 | John, what's it like to hear that call back for you? |
| 1:08.5 | Oh, great memories. |
| 1:10.0 | It really is. And that was the last call I made for the White Sox great memories. It really is. |
| 1:11.1 | And that was the last call I made for the White Sox. |
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