okay, it’s friday, and i know something is off-kilter because i just found myself rather enlightened by an interview with jason whitlock.  kill me now.

(**editor’s note:  alex just sent me the same link, saying [basically] the same thing.  we ate too much spam as children.  carry on.)

back in minneapolis after a two-day tour in new york, new york, the city so nice they named it twice.  (the other name is manhattan.)  it was a quasi-boondoggle, highlighted by a walking tour of brokerage and commercial banks in downtown manhattan on wednesday afternoon.  it was exactly five years ago that i first visited manhattan, and– needless to say– the mood was quite different this time.  oh, another highlight:  riding in the limo past 30 rockafeller and seeing jason lee standing outside.  EARL HICKEY!

anyways…  topic.  oh, right:  let’s do something easy.

the twins were briefly tied for first place in my absence before johan choked last night against the bosox.  which, yes, is uncharacteristic and unfortunate.  however, a) we didn’t lose any ground to detroit, and 2) we hopefully quelled all of the needless “Johan for MVP” talk.  this topic has been up for debate quite a bit recently, but not here yet.  so here’s why johan should not be this year’s american league MVP:

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