welcome back to first look, i m lynn berry. and in sports, the twins jim thome smacked his 600th career home run last night. and that was reaching that number faster than anyone else, except babe ruth. here s nbc s fred roggin. good morning, the phrase, it couldn t happen to a nicer guy is widely overused, but not when you re talking about the minnesota twins jim thome. chasing 600 home runs, he belted number 599 in the sixth inning against the tigers, a two-run blast gave the twins the lead. an inning later, there it is, number 600. the crowd in detroit gave him a standing ovation, just the eighth player in major league baseball history to reach that. next stop, cooperstown. the dodgers can t wait for this season to end. that will speed things up. the brewers pulled off a triple play. got it going, a nice flip to