The Chicago White Sox have played baseball on the South Side of Chicago since 1901, when they became one of eight charter franchises of the then-new American League. They play their ball at U.S. Cellular Field, the stadium which was once known as New Comiskey Park until it was renamed in 1991. The Sox last won a World Series in their magical 2005 season, in the process selling a lot of Chicago White Sox tickets. In all, they’ve taken Series honors on three occasions, and have won seven American League pennants in addition to 5 divisional titles. They play in the Central Division.

The Sox have had a storied and sometimes extremely historic role in Major League Baseball annals for a number of reasons. The early years in the league (1900 to 1914) would see them win three pennants and one World Series championship. Sales of Chicago White Sox tickets were strong all the time, even during the 1906 season, when they were known as “the Hitless Wonders” for their very low team batting average. Amazingly, they’d win their first Series title that year, beating the crosstown rival Chicago Cubs in six games.

The decade following that wonder year would be a mix of the strong and the mediocre before the Sox would put it all together, winning the 1917 World Series on the play of first baseman Chick Gandil and shortstop Swede Risberg, both of whom were prime drivers in the sale of Chicago White Sox tickets.

The 1919 season would ensure that the club would remain forever known in baseball history due to its involvement in the famous “Black Sox” scandal, when it came out that certain elements outside the club had conspired with a number of players to throw the World Series that season to the Cincinnati Reds, who were complete underdogs. The most famous Chicago player of that era, Joe “Shoeless Joe” Jackson, would be implicated, and league commissioner Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis would ban him and the others from pro baseball for life. Despite their fall in the series, Chicago White Sox tickets still sold well.

Though they didn’t know it at the time, their 1917 World Series title would be the last time the White Sox would have a taste of major league baseball Series-winning glory for many, many years. They would win another American League pennant in 1959 – which would greatly increase Chicago White Sox tickets in value above what they’d normally sold for – and would take divisional honors in 1983, 1993 and 2000 before winning it all in 2005. During that time, a number of All-Stars would call the White Sox their team, including current manager Ozzie Guillen and Frank Thomas along with Robin Ventura and multi-sport star Bo Jackson.

The new millennium would mark a gradual return to baseball’s upper division of clubs after a slight period of average ball. It would culminate in the club’s “Win or Die Trying” 2005 season, in which they stormed through the league before beating the defending champion Boston Red Sox in the divisional championship, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALCS and the Houston Astros in the World Series, which they swept.

The 2006 season would be a tightly-fought affair between the Sox and the resurgent Detroit Tigers, who’d eventually clinch the division. 2008 marked a return to the postseason for the South Siders, and an uptick in sales of Chicago White Sox tickets. Inspired play by the likes of Jim Thome and Juan Uribe would mark them as solid contenders for some time to come.

For 2010, the club hopes to make a strong run at the postseason, and intends to use 2009 as a solid learning experience. It should be quite a show, considering pitcher Mark Buehrle tossed the second perfect game in the team’s history, his first one and the second no-hitter of his career. Catcher A.J. Pierzynski anchors a solid infield and oversees a corps of pitchers who promise to be very exciting. The club is definitely a contender and could go far.