Our Woes Are Central

CENTRAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	STRK	L10
Chicago Sox	49	22	.690	-	26-10	23-12	344	271	Won 7	8-2
Minnesota	39	31	.557	9.5	21-17	18-14	320	289	Won 1	3-7
Cleveland	37	33	.529	11.5	17-16	20-17	306	284	Lost 3	7-3
Detroit	35	34	.507	13	18-17	17-17	316	300	Lost 1	7-3
Kansas City	25	46	.352	24	15-21	10-25	312	396	Lost 3	5-5

Despite a nice complete game last night by Carlos Silva, the Twins still find themselves buried 9.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox. Considering that it is nearly the end of June, this is a significant hole to be stuck in. The White Sux are playing better than any team in baseball and it appears that their start was not a fluke. This is definitely not looking good.

Anything can happen, but I do not think the Twins will win the division this year. The offense just seems to be too poor to help make up the gap between the Sux and the Twins. Its not awful, it is just too much to make up a 9.5 game gap on the team with the best record in baseball. Truthfully, the Twins may not get within a sniff of the White Sux. I remain hopeful, but I think the wild card may be our only ticket to the playoffs and the streak of recent division titles may be over.

I do not want to place all the blame on our hitters. The pitching has really fallen off recently. Radke has gone in the tank and Joe Mays has hit a wall. I suppose a two year layoff will do that to a guy.

Adding Joe Randa (as is the rumor) could help the team, but it won't be enough. Perhaps if we signed him in the offseason (as I wanted them to), this hole would not be so big. Ah, dispair!

I hope the Twins make me feel foolish.