Jim Thome better stay with the Twins

The Vikings concluded their season a few weeks ago and to be honest, we are kind of happy about that. We have no idea why we can write about the Twins three days a week during the summer, but we can't seem to put together anything Vikings related on a consistent basis.

It might be because we care too much about the Vikings. When they don't play well or have a season of misfortune like they did this year, we just crawl into a shell and hope things get better. Writing about the pain sometimes makes it worse. Sure, we probably love the Twins just as much, maybe more -- but it is easier to write about their bad times since they always have another game or another series coming up within the next 48 hours. The Vikings make us sit and wait. The Twins can keep us going and keep us optimistic even if we shouldn't be that way.

So the Vikings are done -- let's set our gaze forward to the Twins season. Jim Thome could end up signing with the Rangers. Talk about wanting to make us pull up the covers and shut the world out.

We need Jim Thome on this team. He has to come back. Justin Morneau might not be back healthy from a concussion. Mike Cuddyer can be trusted to play first base, but we need Thome and his bat in the lineup. We hope Bill Smith wakes up and gets this done. It might take $5 million a year for two years. It might take $7 million for one year.

Just do it already. Don't make us wait.