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Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog found this 4/17/2008 on www.southsidesox.com [flag]
White Sox match 2007 high water mark Ho Hum. Just another well pitched game won on the strength of the 3-run homer. Yesterday it was Carlos Quentin who provided the offense with 3-run shot off Dana Eveland ; today it was Jim Thome 's turn. Thome, who had been benched yesterday even before receiving a 1-game suspension, hit his third HR of the year and his first since opening day in ... [link]

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Ozzie's down with OBP, but what took so long?
Published 4/17/2008 by Jim at Sox Machine: Chicago White Sox blog
... with a single. Orlando Cabrera and his .386 OBP followed up with a walk, and Jim Thome blasted one into the right-center seats to give the White Sox a quick 3-0 lead. It's such a simple formula -- Earl Weavering, in other words -- that it makes me wonder why batting Swisher first -- and ...

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