While reputable reports circulated on Monday and Tuesday that the Twins had a potential legitimate buyer for the team and are potentially taking calls to "sell" some key players before the July 31 trade deadline, Byron Buxton again provided what little there is to celebrate this season.

"Buck" announced he will participate in next Monday's All-Star Game Home Run Derby in suburban Atlanta, just 200 miles from where he grew up. Not only is this a feel-good story about a regularly injured superstar who is having a breakout season at age 31, Buxton is wildly valuable (a bargain) to the Twins, according to analytics.

Meanwhile, the Sioux Falls Canaries played through a constant downpour and nearby lightning show on Friday and almost pulled off a remarkable comeback had the umpries not called the game in what could easily be described as "controversial fashion."

The next night, one of the Birds' brightest spots on a team full of them, Augustana alumnus Jordan Barth, once again struck lightning in what we're calling a second "Happy Hour Hike" in a week after Barth joined our show last Tuesday.