American League Central Division notes

Though the American League Central Division is the home of the current World Series champion Kansas City Royals, three other teams in the division have gone at least 25 years sans a World Series win.

This year’s division favorite, the Cleveland Indians, last won it all in 1948. A process with aspects similar to selling detergent will yield a 13th U.S. President since the 1948 title, just after this year’s World Series.

Detroit (Tigers) also won their last World Series in a presidential election year, 1984. Once 1984 the title of a classic book by George Orwell approached and scared us with its vision, now it is 32 years later. Commenting on “nada” else time does move!

The Minnesota Twins’ last World Series win was 25 years ago in 1991 while the Chicago White Sox won 8 straight LCS and World Series games, a still unprecedented feat, since a then U.S. Senator from Illinois named Barack Obama, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before game 2 of the 2005 ALCS.

The White Sox ended an 88 year World Series title drought that year, now 11 years into the “rear view mirror.”