<![CDATA[Deadspin: Jim Thome]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Jim Thome]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/jim thome http://deadspin.com/tag/jim thome <![CDATA[This Guy Was So Jacked Up For USC-Colorado He Decided To Get A Wacky Haircut]]> Your morning roundup for November 5, the day we learned lobsters have no feelings. Image via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5856649&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Jim Thome Is Just A "Big, Friendly Farm Boy," And Other Aw-Shucks Observations]]> On Monday night, Minnesota's Jim Thome became the eighth player in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs. Sports media has declared that not enough people noticed his feat (to its credit, though, the condom sector did). So let us humbly praise the humble man who is, in the immortal words of Tim Kurkjian, a "good dude." More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5831824&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[White Sox Trade Jim Thome, Throw In The Towel]]> The White Sox, losers of four in a row, have fallen six games behind the division-leading Tigers. And since it's now September, there's really no point in trying anymore. Time to start shedding contracts and call it a season. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5350145&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[One Sweet Afternoon For Jim Thome]]> If you ask me, Jim Thome is exactly the kind of guy to whom Willy Wonka would have left his chocolate factory. (I also sometimes imagine Bob Costas as an Oompa Loompa). Think of baseball with no cattle steroids or corked bats or "You dead, dawg," or Human Growth Hormone or Jose Canseco book signings. Just guys like Thome rounding the bases, fist extended, while back at the paper Max Mercy is on the horn making inquiries about his background. Five hundred home runs; that's quite an accomplishment, kid. And on the day they distributed your bobblehead doll, no less. Roy Hobbs never had a bobblehead night. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=300416&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Oprah, Thome And The Self-Cleaning Oven]]> It's pretty rare that the epic comedic trilogy of Oprah Winfrey, douching and White Sox slugger Jim Thome unite for a good ole middle-aged Midwesterner gigglefest ... but today is that day. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=170867&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[You Can Own Jim Thome's Home]]> One of our favorite games to play around here is showing you houses recently traded athletes put for sale on the open market. We showed you Terrell Owens' $4.3 million pad and Manny Ramirez' $6.9 million penthouse. More »
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