I haven't seen this mentioned yet although I'm sure it has been out there somewhere.

If pitcher Johan Santana had been traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox he would have been the third major Minnesota sports figure to leave ... for Boston.

Last year Kevin Garnett was traded by the Timberwolves to the Celtics, and Randy Moss was traded in 2005 to the Oakland Raiders who then traded him to the New England Patriots.

Sure, it's a little stretch, but still it's crummy news if you're a sports fan in the land of the lakes ...