One of my favorite Ryan quotes (among many), when the Twins were muddling along playing about .550 ball: "How would fans have felt if we had traded Baker and Span for a big name in 2006? They wouldn't be too happy." I would have loved for them to have traded those two (and whoever) for a legitimate star player instead of getting Phil Nevin off the scrap heap and still having him as backup DH to Tyner.