Thanks to Josh Donaldson for giving me an excuse to exhume the greatest quote in the history of Twins rivalries.
Former White Sox manager and current broadcaster Ozzie Guillen said of then-White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski: "If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with him, you hate him a little less.''
Pierzynski became the central figure in Twins-Sox rivalry in the 2000s. The Twins wouldn't have turned the corner in the early 2000s without him. The White Sox wouldn't have won the World Series in 2005 without him. The rivalry would have been bland as concession-stand ketchup without him.