Jeff: Gotta Love Minor League Baseball

The St Paul Saints have always been a great alternative to Minnesota Twins baseball. You know, like for those times when it's a beautiful summer evening and for some reason you don't want to go sit inside the cavernous plastic uncomfortable Metrodome. The Saints offer outdoor baseball, cheap prices, and a lot of fun. And oh by the way, the games aren't bad either. Basically it's what going to a baseball game should be about! With the way the Twins have started, I don't think the Saints will have problems filling the seats all summer long. Anyways, if you haven't been to a Saints game yet, this is the summer for you.

I bring up the Saints because of something I saw on my favorite Seattle Mariners blog the USS Mariner today about the Northern League, which the Saints played in last year. Check this link of league transactions, scroll down to 5/1, and you will see the trade of the year, and maybe of the century thus far:

Schaumburg Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

That's right, they traded a guy for beer!! Gotta love minor league baseball!