MLB team's secret free-agent offering: venison jerky

With Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings looming this week in Nashville, Tenn., the Minnesota Twins are taking a special offering to Music City to help entice potential free agents to The Twin Cities: venison jerky. "We know we're not going to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox of the world," said Twins GM Terry Ryan. "If you want to convince a potential free agent or another club to strike a deal, who's going to say no to some of Glen Perkins' homemade venison jerky? Probably no one." Twinkietown.com.