Published April 13, 2011

Red Sox right fielder JD Drew turns away in disgust after a called third strike in the ninth inning Tuesday. (AP)

Plenty of words describe the Red Sox in 2011 — dismal, stumbling, historically bad. But how about “World Series-bound?”

Don’t take it from me. Take it from center fielder Carl Crawford (.152/.204/.378), who retweeted this fact on Twitter:

@joshtarge The Twins started 2-9 and won the series that year #funfact

I didn’t believe it either, so I looked it up. Turns out, it was 1991.

The Twins were 2-9 on April 20 and they were a game under .500 as late as June 1. But by the time it was all said and done, the Twins notched 95 regular season wins and a World Series victory over the Atlanta Braves.