August 16, 201114 yr Congratulations Jim Thome. By all accounts, as classy of a gentleman as the great game of baseball has ever seen. I'm so glad that we were fortunate enough to have him in White Sox for a few years (and continue to be so puzzled by the Bizarro World "tug-of-war" antics that drove him to the dreaded Twinkies). Nice that #599 and #600 helped the idle Sox move 1/2 game closer to the Tigers. And surprised that no one has mentioned it yet about #600 ... lookie, lookie, a L.H. slugger going yard (even just MAKING CONTACT) against a L.H. pitcher. Who would have thunk that was even possible?
August 16, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) ^I don't know why that matters.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:45 PM) ^I don't know why that matters. This is touchy. There is a double standard here. I am not feeling up to discussing it beyond that. It doesn't matter to me. Edited August 16, 201114 yr by MAX
August 16, 201114 yr and with thome's hr, the white sox now have more members of the 600 home run club that have played for them (3) than any other team.
August 16, 201114 yr Congrats to one of the best sluggers and one of the best ambassadors in the game.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 08:26 PM) Something that is also pretty amazing to me, Thome has never hit 3 homers in a game. Hopefully he does it tonight. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CL...199407220.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CL...200107060.shtml
August 16, 201114 yr I was quite pleased when I saw this update come through during the football game last night. I feel we Sox fans, the ones who truly appreciate Jim, were robbed when Ozzie wanted him gone last year. He's a class-act. Congrats, Big Jim!
August 16, 201114 yr P-Town!!!! Congrats to Thome. Everyone says he's the nicest guy in the game and it seems 99% certain he was not on the juice, which is great for baseball. I just wish it would have happened in Cleveland to shove it in the face of all those morons still booing him.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 06:57 AM) http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CL...199407220.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CL...200107060.shtml Sorry to hijack the thread but look at Frank's numbers in the first box score...HA!
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) Sorry to hijack the thread but look at Frank's numbers in the first box score...HA! It caught my eye too. Had that year played out, Frank's season would be considered one of the greatest of all time.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 15, 2011 -> 09:26 PM) A KW and Ozzie mistake and I said it when the Sox went withe no real DH and had let Thome walk. Wish they would have kept him on the team. We bought out his option otherwise we would have a what 16 million or something dollar dh. I think Thome thought he wouldn't negotiate any further with us. The whitesox extended his career by a few years enabling him to reach this milestone. The one thing I love about Thome's at bats was the sound his bat made when he made contact even a foul ball was music to my ears.power and Lumber against ball.. What a thud. It echoed througout the stadium even the upper deck.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (forrestg @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) We bought out his option otherwise we would have a what 16 million or something dollar dh. I think Thome thought he wouldn't negotiate any further with us. The whitesox extended his career by a few years enabling him to reach this milestone. The one thing I love about Thome's at bats was the sound his bat made when he made contact even a foul ball was music to my ears.power and Lumber against ball.. What a thud. It echoed througout the stadium even the upper deck. Thome didn't have a 2010 option as far as I know. He had a 2009 option which the Sox picked up and Philly covered 1/2.
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:10 PM) Thome didn't have a 2010 option as far as I know. He had a 2009 option which the Sox picked up and Philly covered 1/2. didn't the sox give him a buyout
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (forrestg @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 02:13 PM) didn't the sox give him a buyout There probably would have been a small buyout if his 2009 option wasn't picked up. At the end of 2009 he was a FA. There's no buyout or bonus of any sort listed in his salary data (scroll down to near bottom).
August 16, 201114 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 16, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) There probably would have been a small buyout if his 2009 option wasn't picked up. At the end of 2009 he was a FA. There's no buyout or bonus of any sort listed in his salary data (scroll down to near bottom). my bad. sorry
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