Growing up in a border town near Minnesota, I was naturally led to cheer for a number of Minnesota sports teams. As an avid sports fan, these teams tend to take up much of my free time as I watch sports nearly year round. Despite this, I constantly tend to be let down time and time again by these teams.

In years past, these teams have just been bad. For years, the Timberwolves and Twins have been bottom feeders in the respective leagues, making it downright hard to cheer for them constantly.

The Wild have been in the playoffs the last few years, but for some reason cannot seem to shake the look of mediocrity, dealing out constant heartbreak in the first round of the playoffs time and time again.

Now, one may argue that the Twins and Timberwolves are currently on the rise, and I would not deny this. However, this makes future heartbreak all the more painful, as we are learning currently.

The Timberwolves season has been considered a success by many, breaking their 14-year playoff drought is no small feat, but the expectation has been raised.

With players like Jimmy Butler joining the mix, many people expected a huge rise from the Timberwolves, along with the development of Karl Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins. Despite a big improvement, injuries and uninterest put the Wolves into the 8th and final playoff spot in the west and has them facing a potential sweep against the Rockets. Because of this, many people are beginning to consider this season a failure due to higher expectations.

The Twins, who are also on the rise have shown promise. They're young and have some incredible budding stars on their team, but, until they can put it all together for 162+ games, we cannot put all of our money on them.

Until I am proven otherwise, I will always prepare for the inevitable heartbreak that is given out by these Minnesota sports teams.