"That 1990 team was one of my favorites"
Mine also. That was before the internet took off and so it was challenging to follow a team from a far. They had really sucked from 1986-1989 and I had sort of lost interest (They were so bad that I recall an episode of Married... with Children from around 1989 in which Peggy threatens Al cause she's mad about something and he responds with "What, are you going to make me watch a White Sox game" or something like that). Anyway, the 90 season starts and early on the Sox are featured on more than the usual share of games televised by ESPN. Should have been the clue that the "experts" knew they would be good.
Think I like that team because to me they came out of nowhere and they had allot of young, hungry guys and not allot of spoiled egos.