Thome Heats Up the Self-Cleaning Oven

sooze posted 4/21/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com [flag]

Jim Thome nailed his 512th career homer Sunday, tying Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews for 19th place on the all-time list. [link]

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Published 4/22/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... Cranks) A post-game interview with Rick Neuheisel from 1984, when he was a player. (Bruins Nation) Joe Girardi is getting rid of candy and ice cream in the Yankee clubhouse even though baseball’s the one sport where overweight players can thrive. (Larry Brown Sports) So the Patriots are still trying to trademark 19-0? Really? (Hugging Harold Reynolds) Jim Thome keeps moving up the career home runs leaderboard. (Babes Love ...

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