Sox Savvy
Why the Sox Aren't the Twins
As Minnesota swept away any remaining hopes for a playoff spot, Sox fans are left to ponder how it all went wrong.
Now that the Twins' open-air production of "Who's the Boss?" has ended its three-night run at the Cell, the Sox can begin sifting through the debris. Check that. The Sox still have some baseball games to play, as mandated by the MLB rulebook. So for now, it's up to the fandom to play the game of "Where did it all go wrong?" (No fair blaming everything on Joe West. Leave that for Hawk to do.) The better question is: Why are the Twins so much better than the Sox? It's a question that's been asked frequently in recent years. It's a question Ozzie Guillen desperately tried to answer before this season began. Didn't Ozzie try to shape the 2010 White Sox into something more Twins-like? There was the emphasis on speed and fundamentals, on …
Chuck Ingwersen
11:43 pm on Sunday, September 19, 2010
Excellent point, Dan. I'm sure the Twins would trade all those playoff exits for a World Series title, too. Just like the Indians teams of the 1990s that won five straight AL Central titles but came away with no World Series rings. more ›