With the money they saved on Johan Santana, the Twins bought a Super Bowl Ad

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With the money they saved on Johan Santana, the Twins bought a Super Bowl Ad
sooze sooze posted 2/4/2008 from homerderby.com [flag]
So the Minnesota Twins didn’t keep Johan Santana. Instead, they traded him to the Mets for prospects and thereby didn’t have to pay him anything near the $137.5 million that the Mets guaranteed Santana. [video] [link]

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Is it Hot in Here?
Published 2/4/2008 by Sooze at Babes Love Baseball
... Curtsey to [Home Run Derby]

Blog Patrol: That's Gotta Hurt
Published 2/4/2008 at FanIQ Blog
So what did the Twins do with all they money they saved by trading Santana? They bought a Super Bowl ad of course. [Home Run Derby] ...

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