 Also, their 8-game winning streak (the four wins over the Angels and the sweep against the Astros) is tied with the Boston Red Sox (who won 8 games in a row en route to their 2004 World Series championship) for the longest postseason winning streak in Major League history.The White Sox also became the first team to win all three post-season victories on the road.Amazingly, despite their 105-year history, this was only the franchise's third World Series championship, (following victories in 1917 and 1906).