White Sux

So the Sux are the World Champions. Being a Twins fan, it's difficult to stop calling them that, but I spose I'll have to since they beat us this year.

In one sense, good for them. It's always good to see a team not from one of the coasts with the Series. But it's been a LOT longer since one of Minnesota's division rivals won it, in any sport, so it's definitely a tempered "good".

The last time the Packers won the title was 1996. So it's been 9 years since anyone in any Minnesota division has won any title (except the Spurs, I guess, but they don't count). The last time any Twins rival won it before the Sox was... well... probably never in my lifetime. At least not in my cognitive lifetime. The Royals in the 80's, maybe?

So, yeah, next season's gonna suck, because the Sox are going to be all high and mighty. Well, they've always been all high and mighty, even when the Twins won three straight division titles. But this time their high-and-mightiness will actually have some merit. AJ's gonna be ten times as irritating, too.

Ah, well... the best thing about a champion is that they can be dethroned.

EDIT: It could also be said that they wouldn't have won the championship without us. This season the Sox rebuilt their lineup to compete in the Central, focusing more on speed & pitching (like the Twins) instead of power. At the beginning of the season, "compete in the Central" meant "compete with the Twins." So, Chicago, we brought the best out of you. You're welcome.