Improved Sano vital to Twins' turnaround

Miguel Sano tattoos his eighth home run of the season, a two-run shot to left that puts the Twins back on top in the 5thThe longer you watch baseball at the Major League level, the more you appreciate how truly difficult the game is.

Here's an example of the difficulty, the unforgiving nature of the game: the 2016 Minnesota Twins.

The Twins in 2015 were a young team on the rise, a winning team, a second-place team in the American League Central, a team that narrowly missed capturing a Wild Card berth.

The 2016 Twins, with a roster not all that different from last season, are 12-34, tied with the Atlanta Braves for the worst record in the big leagues.

This performance has required many aspects…