Jim Souhan send a big valentine to Terry Ryan in Sunday's Strib:

Can the Twins continue to win this way? "If we do what we're supposed to do, I don't see why it can't work," Ryan said. "If we stay relatively healthy and do our work in the draft and international scouting and make some decent trades when the need or occasion arises, we should be able to sustain."

Look around town, and you see what overspending costs.

The Wolves are imploding because they put their faith in unreliable free agents. The Vikings made their most unreliable player their highest-paid player, and now they might trade him. The Wild play (or not) in a league that overspent its way to ruin.

Look around baseball and you see GMs abusing their checkbooks and overpaid stars abusing steroids.

The Twins? From a spartan office decorated with the names of players he can't afford, Ryan keeps finding Nathans and Silvas at the bottom of his big board, giving fans reason to believe.

Souhan's got a point. After El Presidente and Sweetcheeks, TR might just be the most popular guy associated with the Twins. Batgirl has no idea how long he's under contract for, but she hopes it's a very very very long time. Unless of course he's interested in a career change...TR for Senate, '08?