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James Howard "Jim" Thome (; born August 27, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Read More at Wikipedia ›The best team in the National League East meets the No.
2 team from the NL Central tonight when the Washington Nationals visit Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park for the first of three weekend games with the homestanding Reds.Washington enters the game off a Thursday high note, which came when it defeated Pittsburgh, 4-2, to end a season-long three-game skid.Stephen Strasburg (3-0) racked up 13 strikeouts over six innings while giving up two runs - one earned - on five hits and three walks and the Nationals avoided being swept by the Pirates for the first time since relocating from Montreal.Ryan Mattheus and Tyler Clippard tossed scoreless seventh and eighth innings, respectively, and Henry Rodriguez worked around an error in the ninth to nail down his seventh save of the season.Offensively for the Nats, Rick Ankiel and Roger Bernadina hit solo homers and Adam LaRoche added a two-run shot.The Nationals lead the East by one-half game over Atlanta, a full game over the New York Mets a...Minnesota slugger Jim Thome has become the eighth player to hit 600 home runs, connecting twice against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.The 40-year-old Thome hit ...
Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome hit his 596th career home run in the sixth inning on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals .Thome hit a 3-2 pitch from Felipe Pauli...
Jim Thome wants his second stint in Philadelphia to come with the World Series title he missed the first time around.Thome agreed to a $1.25 million, one-year contra...
Jim Thome spent less than two seasons in Minnesota, a relative blip on the radar of a career that has spanned 20 seasons.The impression that he made while he was wit...
Jim Thome was hoping for a magical weekend — hitting his 600th career home run in the city where it all began.Instead, Minnesota's slugging designated hitter will ha...
Jim Thome hit a two-run shot for career homer No. 578 and the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 on Sunday.Thome's drive against his former te...
Jim Thome is back in the starting lineup for the Minnesota Twins .Thome was the designated hitter, batting sixth in manager Ron Gardenhire's lineup Saturday against ...
Jim Thome homered twice for Minnesota, moving past Mark McGwire for ninth place on baseball's all-time list and powering the Twins over the Texas Rangers 12-4 on Sat...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome homered in his first two at-bats Saturday to pass Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew for 10th place on the career li...
Jim Thome didn't need much time to determine he wanted to return for a 21st season. His back felt fine, and after 25 home runs in 276 at-bats for Minnesota last year...
Minnesota Twins designated hitter Jim Thome was out of Friday night's starting lineup because of a mild abdominal strain.Thome, scratched from Wednesday's lineup bec...
Jim Thome's back still aches in the morning, just as it has for the past 10 years or so.The older he gets, the more the Minnesota Twins slugger has to do to get thos...
The Philadelphia Phillies are mighty proud of their run of five straight NL East championships.So don't expect a new slogan on the cover of the game program:"The Phi...
Gordon Beckham spoiled Kerry Wood's retirement with a go-ahead, solo homer in the eighth as the White Sox took a 3-2 victory over the Cubs in the opener of a three-g...
Jim Thome found himself in an unfamiliar place Sunday — first base.Thome played five innings at first and hit a two-run double for a Philadelphia Phillies' split squ...
Jim Thome's pursuit of 600 career home runs has been a rather quiet quest.Fighting injuries during a frustrating season for the Minnesota Twins, the 40-year-old Thom...
Jim Thome hit home run No. 603 in his return to Minnesota, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Twins 7-6 Friday night to keep the Detroit Tigers from clinching the AL...
Jim Thome has been plagued by aches and pains for the better part of a decade. They just seem to be coming around a little more often in his 19th season.A strained o...
When Jim Thome came to the plate, needing one home run for 600, the opposing pitcher wasn't even aware how close he was to the milestone.Then Thome sent a towering f...
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