well the chisox not being a good team is actually debateable. for the first half of the season they were literally unstoppable and on pace to shatter the single season wins record (which is currently 116, held by the 2001 seattle mariners). but second half they completely shat and came very close to completely blowing the division. lucky for them the indians suffered a complete collapse in the last 9 games or the white sox would be sitting at home watching the post season on fox. however, the white sox are still a very good team...one could argue that their failures in the 2nd half merely *corrected* for their overachievement in the first half. they're not an offensive team...they rely on defense and pitching, which is historically known to be THE deciding factor that wins world championships (the saying goes good pitching always beats good hitting). the red sox and yankees have shitty pitching (red sox unbelievably have shittier pitching than the yankees), but great offenses. the angels play the running game ... big time ... and they have good pitching, including an amazing bullpen that shits on ours since we have mariano rivera, the greatest closer of all time...and well...that's it
unfortunately, mo's ERA against the angels is apparently higher than it is against any other team...including the red sox, whom he's blown more saves against than any other team :|
um...so yeah...way more information than you cared to know