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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 »

9:28 AM on Mon Sep 17 2007
By rickchand
4,297 views, 26 comments

Latest by CumaeanSibyl: @DannyNoonan: Man, have you seen Thome's family? All his brothers are that big. Hell, his mom is that big. If more »

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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 »

10:00 AM on Wed Feb 14 2007
By Leitch
3,146 views, 77 comments

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The Closer: A Surprise Party? For Me?

Notes from a day in baseball: More »
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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 »

11:00 AM on Mon Mar 6 2006
By Leitch
132 views, 2 comments