I did a GIS on "Mom, is that you?" as a possible illustration for a retort, but the level of depravity it turned up caused me to lose track of things for a while.
Being a professional is doing what you love doing even on the days when you'd rather be doing something else. Of course the observation about $$ probably is more to the point.
> I want to challenge him to a staring contest. Winner goes on to compete against (and lose to) Ryan "Hypnotoad" Doumit. AP caption: Ryan Doumit puts another medical staffer under his spell.
No Romero for September. I'm a little surprised. Even though I've stated before that I don't expect him to produce much as a major leaguer, I thought they might give him a look just on general principles, especially with Plouffe having left the door ajar for a competitor to take his job at third.
I would guess that, more often than not, the identity of the clubhouse's true leader(s) becomes evident only in the rearview mirror. But like it or not, it's Joe Mauer's team for the foreseeable future.