Royals' run highlights White Sox' missed chance

Back-to-back pennants for Kansas City overshadow 10-year anniversary of one-off feat

Friday was the 10th anniversary of Paul Konerko's grand slam and Scott Podsednik's homer in Game 2 of the 2005 World Series. It struck me as hollow as the other 10-year markers this season, and maybe even more so with the Royals holding a 3-2 edge in this year's ALCS.

Thanks to Lorenzo Cain's speed in the bottom of the eighth -- and a terrible strike zone in the top of the ninth -- the Royals finished off the Blue Jays and advanced to the World Series for the second year in a row.

Whereas the White Sox haven't even made it to the postseason in consecutive years at any point of the franchise's 115 years of…