But that was child's play compared to his latest attempt to play leader. Cabrera went on the Boers & Bernstein show on The Score (670-AM) on Tuesday afternoon, insisting, "There are guys that want to be clowns or want to be funny or want to be this, but what I don't like is there is a time for that and a time to get serious in a ballgame, and I don't see that."

Considering he already stated this year that the Angels' Mike Scioscia was head-and-shoulders smarter than all the other managers in the game, how could Guillen not take the latest comments as another slap in the face?

"I want to keep my clubhouse fun," Guillen said. "Orlando is a big part of this ballclub, and if we're going to win, we win as a team. If we lose, well, he's the first guy to look at because he's the only guy that's played almost every day. It's not about what you do in the clubhouse, it's what you do out there. You can sit in the clubhouse for hours and pray, hold hands, play cards, everyone has their own way to prepare themselves.

"The thing Orlando has to understand is you're not a leader in a day. You have to be a leader from the beginning to the end."

TWINS 7, WHITE SOX 6 (10 innings): The Sox learned that even when they seemingly have the Twins down, it's never over. Orlando Cabrera shook off criticism from his manager, connecting on a solo home run that seemed to jump-start an offense that had gone stagnant. But that six-run fourth inning was all the Sox had in them.

Gavin Floyd gave the White Sox a chance, but the game fell on the shoulders of relievers Matt Thornton and Bobby Jenks, and that's when the lead disappeared. In his third inning of work, Jenks yielded Alexi Casilla's game-ending single in the 10th.

The White Sox thus lost all three games in the AL Central showdown, falling a half-game behind the Twins heading into the season's final weekend.