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During the third inning of Thursday's victory in Minnesota, Jim Thome launched career home run 607 into the flower bed in right-center field at Target Field. Throughout the the course of the game, the missing ball was a point on the broadcast. Fox Sports North reports the ball has been recovered by Senior Director of Ballpark […]
Posted by Frank Klose Photo courtesy Mike McCann's Field of Fotos Well, for a while it seemed as if he was a prospect. The Phillies traded minor-league-slugging Matt Rizzotti to the Minnesota Twins for "cash considerations" a.k.a. nothing. The future seemed promising for Rizzotti. As early as this winter, Bleacher Report articles advocated Rizzotti […]
Posted by Erik Seybold The Phillies will take on the Twins in Fort Myers this afternoon and Vance Worley (1-2, 2.81 ERA) will get the start. Worley will be making his fifth start of the Spring and will be looking to follow up on his recent successful starts. In his last start, on Friday against […]
2012 MLB Season Predictions American League AL East winner – NY Yankees AL Central winner – Detroit Tigers AL West winner – Los Angeles Angels AL Wild Card Teams (2) – Texas Rangers, Tampa Rays AL MVP – Albert Pujols AL Cy Young – Jered Weaver AL Rookie of the Year – […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy bigleadsports.com So, the Cleveland Indians have been awarded the waiver claim on Jim Thome. It would be a great story, going back to where he started in Cleveland, no? Well, not so fast. Thome can reject the deal, and he may just opt to stay where he is. Or the […]
Posted by Frank Klose Thome hits home run #600 Jim Thome's name has come up a great deal lately in Phillies discussion. We all know that Ross Gload is hobbled by injuries and that Thome may look to having one last chance to win a World Series before retiring. Yes, Thome would have to clear […]
We had this piece back on June 1 calling for him. Sounds like Minnesota isn't in the mood to deal, though they could use a roster spot soon when Span comes off the DL… The Phillies really do need a player on the bench that can belt a home run that the opposing manager worries […]
