actually there was a tank involved there, nobody expected them to win it in 2005. They traded away their best offensive player in Lee for Podsednik and Vizcaino and Thomas was out with a broken foot, they took a chance on Jermaine Dye recovering from a broken leg, Maggs walked in free agency, they signed El Duque for nothing and their payroll was in the 70s. Nobody expected the Twins to lose that division and the Sox were not predicted to win anything much less a World Series
But dont let facts get in the way of your constant whining