Who Are the Sox?

 

The debate rages on.  Are the Sox the Boston Red Sox or do the Chicago White Sox have the legitimate claim to the coveted title?

Let's peruse their respective applications, because I don't know how to do accents over the internet. 

RED SOX

Founded:  1908

World Series Titles:  8

AL Pennants:  12

AL East Division Titles:  10

Regular Season:  9,718 wins - .519

Most Famous Players:  Babe Ruth and Ted Williams

Miscellany:  Fenway Park is iconic, with the Green Monster.  The team went 86 years between WS titles.  Red Sox fans are annoying, but not as much as Dodgers fans or Yankees fans.  

WHITE SOX

Founded:  1901

World Series Titles:  3

AL Pennants:  6 

Division Titles:  6

Regular Season:  9,411 wins - .503 

Most Famous Player:  Shoeless Joe Jackson

Miscellany:  They're the #2 team in their own city.  The team is best known for a scandal.  One of the best basketball players of all-time played in their minor league system.  Their uniform history has to be the strangest and most fascinating in major North American sports leagues.  The team went 88 years between WS titles.      

Yes, that's Luke Appling.  If Jackson wanted his picture shown, he should have had a higher WAR as a White Sock.