It was ugly. Outrageous. Unfathomable. Disgraceful.
It was perhaps the most stunning and quickest fire sale in baseball history.
The Minnesota Twins, that lovable little team in the upper Midwest that once won two World Series titles in four years, with St. Paul producing four Hall of Fame ballplayers from the same neighborhood who played for the Twins, ripped out the heart of the franchise in less than 24 hours.
They traded 10 active major-league players from their team, including 11 players off their 40-man roster, and saved $26 million in one fell swoop.
They traded away All-Stars. They traded away a World Series champion. They traded away their team captain. They traded away their popular homegrown dude.
