On any given baseball team there are endless off the field, inside jokes that permeate the clubhouse and in the end, define the team.  More often than not, the humor is completely spontaneous, childish and crude.  And it has to be.  With 162+ games in a season, it is foregone conclusion that every team will experience ups and downs.

The inside jokes and endless ragging on teammates are what keep a team optimistic  –yes, I know that actually having good players goes a long way, as well– in their darkest hour.  Similarly, when a team is winning and feeling good, the jokes are always more hilarious and enjoyable than they already are.  Every couple of years, there is a team whose jokes gradually become indicative of the team chemistry and synonymous with the overall success of the season.  And it is then that we truly see just how much being a part of that team means to the players.

This season, the Texas Rangers have had their clubhouse humor on full display in the form of the claw and antlers.  And considering that they are headed to the American League Championship Series for the first time in the organization’s history, it’s time that baseball fans familiarized themselves with the gestures and their meaning.

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The Golden Sombrero presents MLB Look-alikes: Cliff Lee and Hugh Laurie

On Monday night, Major League Baseball and TBS had another blatant slip up in censorship…and for that we are forever grateful.  Over the weekend it was the entire Texas Rangers team cursing with excitement after a game-changing Michael Young home run; on Sunday night it was a leaping Tim Lincecum, rejoicing after Brooks Conrad’s third error of the game.

Tonight, it was the Atlanta Braves Game 4 starting pitcher, Derek Lowe, that joined a growing list of players that have been heard(and observed) dropping a crisp “F-Bomb” during the 2010 postseason.

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First off, I’d like to issue a genuine thank you to Major League Baseball for not even considering that players might be swearing in the dugout after a game-changing play.  Over the weekend, I witnessed two incredibly audible, profanity filled moments in the dugout –one after Michael Young’s 3-R HR and the other after Brooks Conrad’s 3rd error– that made me wonder who the crack squad of geniuses working in the MLB production room really are, and what in the hell they are actually doing in there.  Clearly they are not screening any of the replays before airing them, and they are definitely not adjusting to the hyper-sensitive mics near the dugout.

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The Golden Sombrero presents MLB Look-alikes: Jose Canseco and a Silverback Gorilla