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MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s almost unbelievable that the following sentence needs to be written, but here we are: No Minnesota center fielders or racing sausages were harmed in the making of the Twins’ season-opening road trip.

Because, seriously, that needed to be specified.

Somehow, the Famous Racing Sausages in Milwaukee almost claimed Byron Buxton as a victim on Tuesday, when the Twins’ center fielder wasn’t paying attention as he walked out of the dugout carrying Max Kepler’s glove -- and was nearly bowled over by the Bratwurst (aka, Sausage No. 1) before he dodged back into the dugout in the nick of time.

“I think it would’ve been great if he got run over by the bratwurst,” catcher Ryan Jeffers teased after the game, according to The Athletic. “It would’ve been a way better story. … As long as he’s OK. I mean, [as long as] the bratwurst was OK.”

“The bratwurst? What about me?” Buxton replied, indignantly. “That was a train collision, because if I took out one, I’m taking out at least two more.”

After perusing the shockingly detailed Famous Racing Sausages lore on the Brewers’ website, we wouldn’t be quite so sure about Buxton’s claim (even setting aside his extensive injury history). Here are some highlights of BRAT the Bratwurst’s biographical blurb:

• “He is intimidating to the other participants with his muscular physique. Brat trains like a machine, having not missed a day of weight lifting in years.”

• “He is very competitive, and wants nothing more than to win every race. Watch out though, he may stop at nothing to be the best. Hot Dog once found his shoes in the trash only minutes before a race.”

So, it seems Buxton picked the wrong sausage of which to make an enemy -- though we’ll push back on that second bullet point, as BRAT slowed down a bit to get out of Buxton’s way, arguably costing him a chance to win the race.

If you want to get really conspiratorial about it, this is all fitting in that the Famous Racing Sausages at American Family Field are sponsored by Johnsonville, the sausage company -- and Buxton has been a longtime representative of rival brand Sheboygan Sausage.

“Normally, they stop before the dugout, like, at our place,” Buxton said to media after the game, according to the Star Tribune. “We do ours in the fifth inning, and they stop way before you get to the dugout. It's like, you never have to worry about that. I'm so focused on the game, getting Kep his glove, I'm not worrying about the outside stuff. Kind of scared me.”