White Sox player Jim Thome is one homer away from joining the exclusive 500 homerun club. He would be only the 23rd player to reach 500.
Unlike Barry Bonds who said good luck and good riddance to the fan that caught his 756th homerun ball, Thome has a special proposal for the fan that catches his. He won’t reveal the special surprise until Friday, September 14 when his team plays the Anaheim Angels.
Thome wants to deliver the 500th homerun ball with his dad to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Thome’s unselfish attitude and love of baseball shows through how he wants this moment to be remembered. I think many baseball players would want to keep this record ball (which there is nothing wrong with), but Thome has the entire game of baseball in mind.
I’m sure no baseball fan will miss this moment. Usually, any televised baseball games will place another screen to show the all of Thome’s at bats until he hits it. You don’t want to miss it; it’s going to be special.
Swing away Thome, I’m rooting for you!
*Update* Thome hit No. 500 on September 16, in the bottom of the ninth against the LA Angels to give the White Sox a 9-7 victory at Cellular field, ironically, on Jim Thome Bobblehead Day.
5 comments:
Bet you didn't know that Thome (in his younger days) got his start in professional baseball with the Charlotte Knights (nearby Triple A minor league team.) Then he went on to greatness at Cleveland. And he continues to do his thing today.
As you say, swing away!
Oh wow, I didn't know that! Yeah, he's an amazing player. I may have to check out a few Charlotte Knights games now.
Deni-
Love the Blog site; you are getting pretty sophisticated with your baseball vernacular. You know more about the Braves than I do with my anesthesia! Your Mom is telling me about Thome...I hope that the Braves will get to the playoffs but it looks slip "pickin's"...perhaps you can reply to B.Cox on managing them next season.
Keep up the great work....Dr. Reichel
Hey, if the Braves can stay hot these last few games and the Mets keep slipping, we might have a couple of interesting weeks in the NL East.
Oh yeah. I'm pumped that it may be a tight race.
These next few games are going to pretty important for the NL East teams, including the Phillies who are only 1.5 games behind the Mets with the Braves starting to catch up.
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