Dodgers Offer Twins Moon, Stars For Johan Santana

NASHVILLE, TN—Dodgers GM Ned Colletti announced Monday that although he has nothing to offer in the way of financial or material wealth, he is prepared to give the Twins the most beautiful thing of all—the moon itself—in exchange for pitcher Johan Santana. “I come to you today with no worldly possessions—save only my dreams. But to obtain the one you call Johan, I would happily toss a lasso ’round the moon and pull it down for you, or set a ladder amongst the stars and pluck them one by one from the night sky,” Colletti shouted up to Twins GM Bill Smith, who stood on the balcony of the Opryland Hotel. “And should you not be satisfied with our package of the moon at night, the stars so bright, the sun that lights your days, and all that sparkles and shines in Heaven and on Earth, we may be willing to part with first baseman James Loney.” After the Twins rejected his offer, Colletti promised the A’s his hand in marriage in exchange for Danny Haren.