The twins did miss the boat and very soon ownership and the fronty office will be claiming with poor attendance they can not compete for any free agents...yes it is very apperent that Ryan is once again looking for an end of the year bonus for cutting payroll, If jipppy Pohlad had come out and said , look we are in a rebuilding stage and we are cutting ticket prices 20%, I would have been happy to see joe and justin traded to texas and willingham being traded to seattle.But what did we get spoon fed? Money isnt an issue we have never turned down any figure our general asked for...= We just fire our general or reasign them if they want to spend money, in my opinion , Terry ryan is out of his eliment , and needs to return to being a cross checking scout.Ryan was very good at this job ,and the game has out grown him since (or before in my opinion) he stepped down the last time.If we get lucky this year it is posible to see an improvement to 75 win season , but if we continue with no luck, i can see 103 loss season on the horizion for OUR twins...yes they belong to us, we have cheered for them ,cried for them and in my case i was beat with a leather shaving strap because i jumped up and down on the couch when rod stole home, we have paid for them in finacing there new shiny stadium and in having an average 3 million + fans since target field has opened...ownership has failed us and they just dont care....