There are certain games you’re supposed to win, and certain teams you should regularly trounce.

The Chicago White Sox should always beat up on Kansas City, but somehow, the Royals scrap and tug and pull out victories against the Windy City World Champs.

At the same moment, those surprise Detroit Tigers have clawed their way to a victory against a team they should beat: the Twins.

Now, Detroit is just a half-game behind the Sox in the Division race.

If this keeps up for the next four months, the Sox are going to be sorry.

Detroit keeps-a-comin’.

They’re hot, and they can hit, having smacked three big ones out of the park against the Twins.

Believe it or not, the Sox might not win the division with anything less than taking three out of four games all year long.

This means they can’t slip against this year’s cellar dwellers, the Royals and Twins. Also, they had better beat up on Cleveland and at least split with Detroit if they hope to prevail and make it to October.

I still don’t believe these Sox are tough enough—yet.

Manager Ozzie Guillen needs to drive home the point that it’s NEVER okay to kick back, especially when you have these Tigers on your tail!

Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone® and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations from Santa Monica to South Africa. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com. For information about coaching, consulting, training, books, videos and audios, please go to http://www.customersatisfaction.com

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