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The Chicago White Sox are embracing some family ties with their second MLB Draft selection on Saturday. The White Sox used the No. 34 overall pick in Saturday’s draft to select infielder Landon Thome. Thome is the son of longtime White Sox …
Jim Thome beame a trending topic on X Tuesday, and not for any reason you might expect. No, Thome did not announce he was unretiring and making a return to MLB at age 53. No, Thome did not get hired to be an MLB manager or something like that. No, …
Jim Thome will be going into the Hall of Fame with a Cleveland Indians cap on, but he has a specific preference regarding what he wants that cap to depict. Thome said Friday that he would prefer to go into the Hall of Fame wearing a block …
Jim Thome is less than two years removed from being on an MLB roster. The legendary slugger spent most of the later years of his career as a designated hitter, but you would think throwing a baseball would be second nature for him. That did not …
A piece of memorabilia that once was lost has now been found. Last month, Jim Thome hit his 607th career home run against the Twins at Target Field when he was still with the Phillies. The ball appeared to land in one of the flower pots above the …
Jim Thome may be 41 years old, but his career is not ending yet. The first baseman/DH has signed a one-year deal with the Phillies and will return to the city where he played three years earlier in his career. Thome’s deal is for $1.25 million …
Jim Thome was claimed off waivers by the Indians and traded by the Twins for a player to be named later Thursday. Unfortunately, the Twins had already planned to give away 10,000 Jim Thome wind-up walker toys for Friday’s game but those were …
Jim Thome hit two home runs Monday night to become the eighth player in MLB history to reach 600 career home runs. We’ve already gone through the myriad of reasons Thome’s accomplishment did not receive much attention. ESPN did a good job …
Slugger Jim Thome has 596 career home runs and is four away from becoming just the eighth player in MLB history to reach the 600 homer milestone. The seven players to achieve the mark are some of the game’s all-time best players: Barry Bonds …
As you can imagine, I’m quite pleased to have yet another established slugger join the coveted ranks of the LBS Golden Sombrero Club. The elite franchise that is the LBS GS Club has no room for the Paul Janishes of the world; we’re all …
