The Twin Cities Moves Into a Tie for 1st

There are 13 metropolitan areas (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Miami, New York, Philly, Phoenix, San Fran Bay Area, Twin Cities, and Washington D.C.) that have at least one team in the four major sports. After the Phillies win over the Rays last night to capture the World Series, the city of Philly's first title since 1983, the Twin Cities is now tied with D.C. as the metro area that has had the longest drought since their last championship - the Twins and Redskins in 1991.

It's ironic that a key part of the Phillies winning the World Series in five games was the bullpen work of former Twin J.C. (just call me John Wayne) Romero. He won Games 3 and 5 and even managed to do so without walking anyone, something he greatly struggled with as a Twin.

Anyway, I guess the question comes up, which MN team is going to step up and stop this depressing championship drought?

- Timberwolves: No chance

- Vikings: I can't see it until we get a different QB

- Twins: Decent chance if they can get a righthanded hitting third baseman and some bullpen help, however you have to think this year was a great opportunity with the Yankees being horrible and the Red Sox off their game a little bit. Both of those teams will reload and be in contention again and the Twins will have to overcome their ugly recent history against those two teams plus all the other contenders to get a championship.

- Wild: Also a decent chance. They have the ability to get to the postseason every year but their lack of explosive scorers and conservative style of play will probably hold them back from hoisting the Stanley Cup (how did you like that in depth hockey analysis - don't worry I won't mention anything about the sport again for a long time)

So there you have it. The four franchises that haven't won a championship since 1991. Sadly, only one of the four ever has. We'll give the Wild a pass since they have only been around since 2000 and the T'Wolves a pass since their first year was 1989 and their head personnel guy for the last 13.5 years has an IQ of 40.



The Vikes however don't get a pass. They have been around since 1961 so no excuse is going to hold its weight. Maybe we can turn the clock back to January 17, 1999 and replay the 4th quarter of the NFC Championship game......Please.





Sorry, but the picture correlates so well to the rest of the post