The more I’m around Carlos Gomez, the more I realize how fortunate I am. For the Twin Cities sports media, he is our Manny Ramirez. Just as silly — or perhaps just as insanely brilliant — only with GoGo, you don’t need an act of Congress to get him to talk to the press.

As Gardy would say, “He just lets it fly.”

The latest example comes in Nick Cafardo’s Sunday baseball column in the Boston Globe:

Catching the speedy Gomez

Over the next few years, you’re going to be compared a lot to Jacoby Ellsbury. What do you think of him?

CG: “Who’s that? I don’t know him. What’s his name?” (Gomez pauses, and a teammate says, “Ellsbury, plays center field for Boston.”) “Oh yeah. He’s a very, very exciting player. His game is a lot like mine. He runs, can play defense, can hit, and has some power. Yeah, I like watching him a lot. I think I played against him in Double A.”

Let us reflect on this for a minute. How do you supposed that one is going over in The Nation?

Jacoby Ellsbury? Never heard of him.

Relax, Red Sox fans. That’s just GoGo being GoGo.

Cafardo’s column continues:

David Ortiz spent a lot of time talking to you before Friday’s game. What did he say?

CG: “Papi is my homeboy. He played on the same team I did in the Dominican, so we’re very close. He just told me not to let anything distract me. He told me to forget about money because the money will come if I’m a great player. He told me to just keep staying focused on baseball and nothing else. He told me to go 100 miles an hour and never let up. I don’t think I’ll ever change that.”

Seriously, let’s hope this 22-year-old doesn’t change. Yes, the Twins would hope he learns some of Manny’s strike zone discipline, but otherwise, here’s hoping he just continues letting it fly.

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