Topic: Jim Thome

Twins' Jim Thome traded back to Cleveland

Minnesota Twins have dealt Jim Thome to the Cleveland Indians, who hope the home run specialist can help them catch first-place Detroit in the standings.Thome spent 12 seasons with Cleveland from 1991-2002 and is their career leader in home runs.He ...

Thome traded back to Indians

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - The Cleveland Indians acquired designated hitter Jim Thome from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday for a player to be named later.The Twins placed Thome on waivers on Monday and the two teams completed the deal after Thome agreed ...

Twins' Thome hits 600th career homer

Minnesota Twins slugger Jim Thome became the eighth Major League Baseball player to hit 600 home runs in a career, belting two in a 9-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers.Thome, 40, hit his 599th career homer, a two-run blast to left-center ...

Thome warms purists' hearts with 600th home

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Thome powered his way into one of Major League Baseball's most exclusive clubs on Monday when he slugged his 600th home run after a long journey built on hard work and consistency.The 40-year-old Minnesota Twin became ...

McCarthy's 1st win since '09

0 Before Sunday, the last time Brandon McCarthy had won a big-league game was Sept. 8, 2009, but the right-hander downplayed that fact Sunday ...

Power hitter Thome re-signs with Twins

Five-time all-star Jim Thome has re-signed with the Minnesota Twins as the top designated hitter with the Major League Baseball club.The 40-year-old Thome signed a one-year deal that the American media reported is worth three-million dollars."It's great to be ...

Twins agree to one-year deal with Thome

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Designated hitter Jim Thome agreed to a one-year deal that will keep him with the Minnesota Twins after he helped the team win the American League Central Division in 2010.The deal will pay the 40-year-old Thome $3 million ...

Slugging help for White Sox a Dunn deal

Adam Dunn has agreed to a four-year Major League Baseball deal worth 56 million dollars with the Chicago White Sox, the team announced Friday, giving the White Sox a powerful new southpaw slugger.Dunn hit .260 with 38 home runs and 103 ...
A loss of power would make Ramirez only a very good offensive player instead of the great one he is up until the 2010 season. There is talk that Manny Ramirez is a possibility for Toronto, and Manny does say that he ...

Biography: Jim Thome

Jim Thome is a major league baseball player, who is currently a free agent as of the end of the 2009 season. Jim Thome was born on August 27, 1970, and made his major league baseball debut on September 4th 1991 for ...