July 2, 201312 yr Jim Thome has been hired by the White Sox to serve as a special assistant to the general manager. Which presumably means that his playing career is over. Thome was telling people as recently as May that he wanted to sign with a major league team, but nothing ever came about. The 42-year-old played for the White Sox for four years (2006-2009) and was beloved. What's hilarious, is he can probably hit better than the DH we have making $15 million (leave it be, Wite).
July 2, 201312 yr Author QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 03:16 PM) JI JIM THOME You got me. I LOL'd.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 03:14 PM) Jim Thome has been hired by the White Sox to serve as a special assistant to the general manager. Which presumably means that his playing career is over. Thome was telling people as recently as May that he wanted to sign with a major league team, but nothing ever came about. The 42-year-old played for the White Sox for four years (2006-2009) and was beloved. What's hilarious, is he can probably hit better than the DH we have making $15 million (leave it be, Wite). Leave what be? I'm pretty sure Thome could hit better than Dunn right now.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 03:29 PM) Leave what be? I'm pretty sure Thome could hit better than Dunn right now. HE SAID LEAVE IT BE, WITE!!!
July 2, 201312 yr By Steve Adams [July 2 at 2:58pm CST] The White Sox have announced that Jim Thome has joined the team's front office as a special assistant to general manager Rick Hahn. Thome will consult with Hahn and assistant GM Buddy Bell, work with the club's Major League staff and players, and also travel to the team's minor league affiliates to evaluate player performance.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 01:14 PM) Jim Thome has been hired by the White Sox to serve as a special assistant to the general manager. Which presumably means that his playing career is over. Thome was telling people as recently as May that he wanted to sign with a major league team, but nothing ever came about. The 42-year-old played for the White Sox for four years (2006-2009) and was beloved. What's hilarious, is he can probably hit better than the DH we have making $15 million (leave it be, Wite). Beat ya by 12 minutes in the game thread
July 2, 201312 yr Author QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) Beat ya by 12 minutes in the game thread No one goes in those.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 02:41 PM) Beat ya by 12 minutes in the game thread Irrelevant.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 01:46 PM) When I saw this, I thought they really did sign him again, because s*** why not? Hahn finally got his LH middle of the order bat he was looking for.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 03:46 PM) When I saw this, I thought they really did sign him again, because s*** why not? I was really hoping they kinda did sign Thome, but I figured the announcement was he was coming back as an "ambassador" or something.
July 2, 201312 yr June 2011: Robin Ventura named special assistant to Buddy Bell October 2011: Robin Ventura upgraded to manager July 2, 2013, Jim Thome named special Assistant to Rick Hahn ?
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 01:14 PM) Jim Thome has been hired by the White Sox to serve as a special assistant to the general manager. Which presumably means that his playing career is over. Thome was telling people as recently as May that he wanted to sign with a major league team, but nothing ever came about. The 42-year-old played for the White Sox for four years (2006-2009) and was beloved. What's hilarious, is he can probably hit better than the DH we have making $15 million (leave it be, Wite). Welcome back JT!!!
July 2, 201312 yr Daryl Van Schouwen @CST_soxvan 44m Thome is the 11th former White Sox player currently serving as a manager or coach in the organization.
July 2, 201312 yr Author QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 04:07 PM) June 2011: Robin Ventura named special assistant to Buddy Bell October 2011: Robin Ventura upgraded to manager July 2, 2013, Jim Thome named special Assistant to Rick Hahn ? I'd love for Jim to be our manager.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 04:23 PM) I'd love for Jim to be our manager. Sure, if he starts in the minors, proves he knows how to manage players and game situations, absolutely.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 04:23 PM) I'd love for Jim to be our manager. God no! As much as I respect Thome.. he needs coaching experience first. The White Sox need to hire someone from the outside to manage this team as well. Someone with experience. No more Baines, Ventura, Guillen, Raines, Cora, Walker etc.. The Bulls did it right by hiring Thibs (an outsider with plenty of coaching experience). At least with Guillen, he collected coaching experience in Florida before the Sox hired him. Regardless, the next manager hire needs to be an outsider.
July 2, 201312 yr QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jul 2, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) God no! As much as I respect Thome.. he needs coaching experience first. The White Sox need to hire someone from the outside to manage this team as well. Someone with experience. No more Baines, Ventura, Guillen, Raines, Cora, Walker etc.. The Bulls did it right by hiring Thibs (an outsider with plenty of coaching experience). At least with Guillen, he collected coaching experience in Florida before the Sox hired him. Regardless, the next manager hire needs to be an outsider. Mark Parent should be the interim manager after the all-star break. Won't happen, but he should.
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