Strip away everything else about this season and, in addition to being in first place as I write this, the Twins have established themselves as the purveyor of front-running talent to the entire major leagues. Check this out:

*Torii Hunter goes to Los Angeles as the Angels have a 16-game lead in the Americal League West.

*Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza and Grant Balfour go to Tampa Bay and the Rays become baseball’s best story by leading the AL East.

*Johan Santana gets traded to New York and, despite a season full of team struggles, the Mets are in front of the NL East.

*And, let’s not forget reserves Augie Ojeda and Alex Romero with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who lead the NL West by three games.

Including the AL Central, that’s five out of six divisions. Just figured I’d throw that out there.

Also, in case you’re looking for something to do on Monday, I’ll be on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midday show at 11 a.m. Gary Eichten and I do an annual Labor Day show from the Fair, but with the Republicans coming to town next week, we got evicted from the Labor Day slot. So we’re a week early. Some of you may know the Labor Day tradition of fabulous gifts for people who step up to the microphone at the Fair and ask questions. We have another haul of incredible stuff that’ll make it worth your time to blow off work and come out. MPR is 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities and on the web here.

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