I've heard that folks from Minnesota are incredibly friendly and polite (at least if Marge from the movie "Fargo" is any indication), but either this is larceny, a bug, or Minnesota Nice taken too far:
The Minnesota manager is offering me a trade some time after the July 31 trading deadline. I am using the MAL quickstart and I have patched my game.
The Wiki entry for "Minnesota Nice", for non-Americans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_nice