Jim THome

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As the voting for the 2016 MLB All-Star game comes to a close, the minor leagues are getting set for their own action:  The 2016 Futures Game.  The Futures Game showcases some of the top minor league talent heading to the Major Leagues.  The Phillies will have two representatives this season, alongside a Phillies alumnus filling […]

Embed from Getty Images    By: Matt Rappa, managing editor PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard has broken many records thus far throughout his 1,476-game Major League career. Howard has set the record for fastest player to reach the 100, 200 and 250 career home run milestones, as well as the fastest to reach […]

Per Twitter, one of baseball's modern legends (and former Phillie) Jim Thome has been hired by Chicago White Sox GM Rick Hahn as a special assistant. Thome spent three and a half seasons with the White Sox after being traded there in 2006 for Aaron Rowand and Gio Gonzalez (not a bad trade as history […]

We hate the Yankees.  But we love Raul Ibañez.  We are indifferent to the Orioles, but love Jim Thome.  Right?  Last night's thriller in New York saw Raul Ibañez hit the game-tying home run in the bottom of the 9th inning with one out off of 51-save closer Jim Johnson, and then a walkoff shot […]

The Phillies have been eliminated from playoff contention and are fighting to finish the season with a winning record.  As the season winds down and I am realizing that I will have a lot more time on my hands than I have the last five years, one question remains:  Who will I root for this […]

Watching the early blowup and early departure of Phillies ace Roy Halladay evoked a haunting memory from 2007.  In fact, the stats are eerily similar to June 9, 2007.   Although he only got five outs, the starting pitcher for the Phillies that day gave up six earned runs, and Charlie Manuel went out to […]

The Phillies and Jim Thome figured that getting to be exclusively a designated hitter in the American League would help keep slugger Jim Thome healthy.  Unfortunately, it appears that this plan was unable to keep him healthy. CSN Baltimore reports that Jim Thome is headed for an MRI on his neck.  Thome explains his injury […]

Phillies outfielder Juan Pierre has never been a power hitter in his career. With just 17 career home runs in his 13-year career, Pierre has always been noted as a singles hitter and speed demon on the base paths. Pierre played at the height of his career during the steroid era of baseball. In an […]