In an era filled with baseball players who are associated with steroids and performance-enhancing drugs, what a treat it was to watch former Indian Jim Thome hit his 600th home run Monday night. Thome ...
DETROIT I covered Paul Molitor's 3,000th hit when I worked for the Kansas City Star (I guess that means I also covered Chuck Knoblauch's 1,000th hit). I was there for Cal Ripken's 3,000th hit, which ...
The Strib’s 14-page special section tribute to baseball in the run-up to opening day focuses quite a bit on the new-fangled statistics and new technology a players can use to analyze the mechanics of ...
Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium was home to five of baseball's top power hitters of the last 30 years. At least, that's what they became after extended stops in Canton, which housed Cleveland's Class ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Jim Thome's two lockers at Target Field contain the usual trappings of a veteran player: workout T-shirts of various designs, multiple pairs of cleats and assorted knick-knacks. But the ...
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ATLANTA - Jim Thome hit a three-run homer off John Smoltz in a four-run first inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies went on to a 5-1 victory over Atlanta that ended the Braves' eight-game home winning ...
CHICAGO – Late Sunday night, when the rain finally cleared, Jim Thome hit a home run. Remember, now, there is a difference between a home run and a Jim Thome home run. A home run clears the outfield ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.-- Sunday was a good day to be an Indians fan with Cleveland beating Detroit 8-1 and Tribe great Jim Thome being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. As Thome was giving his ...
CLEVELAND — Jim Thome has swung back to the Cleveland Indians. The slugger accepted a trade from Minnesota on Thursday night to return to the Indians, the team he started with and one hoping its ...