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Thome 600

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2011 07:41 PM

Two HRs tonight to become just the eighth player to reach that mark. I'm sure the TV specials, break-into-programming cut-ins, front-page headlines, and general baseball worshipping is just around the corner for him like #3,000 was for Jeter even though that club has four times the membership.

G-Fafif Aug 15 2011 08:22 PM Re: Thome 600

HBO did record footage of Thome watching its Jeter special.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 15 2011 08:34 PM Re: Thome 600

CONGRATULATIONS JI

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 15 2011 08:34 PM Re: Thome 600

M!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 15 2011 08:40 PM Re: Thome 600

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: M! Word up, Thome

Ashie62 Aug 15 2011 08:48 PM Re: Thome 600

The homerun ain't what it used to be..yawn...

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2011 09:02 PM Re: Thome 600

600 is still impressive. Also in that game - before it actually - the Twins dealt former overall #1 pick Delmon Young to Detroit, a deal that was unlikely not just because it was between division opponents but also because the Twins were in Detroit tonight to start a series. Young just needed to walk over to the other clubhouse.

Edgy DC Aug 15 2011 09:37 PM Re: Thome 600

I'm waiting on Thole 600.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2011 09:39 PM Re: Thome 600

Edgy DC wrote: I'm waiting on Thole 600. Bring a couple of sandwiches.

MFS62 Aug 16 2011 07:45 AM Re: Thome 600

Frayed Knot wrote: 600 is still impressive. This. Congrats, big Jim. Later

seawolf17 Aug 16 2011 07:47 AM Re: Thome 600

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: CONGRATULATIONS JI Sadly, because he "toiled in obscurity" in Philadelphia, I conflate Dugout Jim Thome with Real Jim Thome. However, as such, I now think Real Jim Thome is HILARIOUS.

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2011 07:58 AM Re: Thome 600

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: 600 is still impressive. This. Congrats, big Jim. Later Also impressive, btw, is 2,263 hits, 1,662 RBIs, 1,710 walks, 1,066 XBHs, and a lifetime OBA of .403

metsguyinmichigan Aug 16 2011 07:59 AM Re: Thome 600

Mike and Mike on ESPN today, in a rare pause from football minute, suggested that, hey maybe we should have been paying closer attention to this Thome guy!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 16 2011 08:08 AM Re: Thome 600

seawolf17 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: CONGRATULATIONS JI Sadly, because he "toiled in obscurity" in Philadelphia, I conflate Dugout Jim Thome with Real Jim Thome. However, as such, I now think Real Jim Thome is HILARIOUS. When I first read Dugout Jim, it was like the writers filled this void in my head that I didn't know existed. Now, I suspect slightly that it may be less of a caricature than we thought.

MFS62 Aug 16 2011 08:08 AM Re: Thome 600

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Mike and Mike on ESPN today, in a rare pause from football minute, suggested that, hey maybe we should have been paying closer attention to this Thome guy! Golic has mentioned often that he roots for the Indians, where Thome was a star. And he usually pays attention to guys his size. I'm surprised he hadn't been paying more attention to him. Gee, Mike, he's big enough to be a football player. Later

Centerfield Aug 16 2011 01:13 PM Re: Thome 600

Imagine if he stayed in Philly? He'd have 700 by now.

Edgy DC Aug 16 2011 01:19 PM Re: Thome 600

Or missed a lot of playing time coming off the bench behind Ryan Howard.

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2011 03:04 PM Re: Thome 600

MFS62 wrote: metsguyinmichigan wrote: Mike and Mike on ESPN today, in a rare pause from football minute, suggested that, hey maybe we should have been paying closer attention to this Thome guy! Golic has mentioned often that he roots for the Indians, where Thome was a star. And he usually pays attention to guys his size. I'm surprised he hadn't been paying more attention to him. Gee, Mike, he's big enough to be a football player. Later Golic plays the part of a quasi-Indians fan on that show in a kind of Drew Carey-esque 'Yeah, I'm from Cleveland' schtick but, in reality, he admits to not being much of a sports fan growing up, something not all that uncommon with future athletes more interested in participating than spectating. Don't even think he was much of a Browns fan despite being from a big football family in northern Ohio and certainly wasn't living and dying with the Indians of the '70s & '80s. By the time Thome was playing there Golic's football career was winding down and his post-retirement broadcasting stuff starting to take off - but on the east coast, not in Ohio. IOW, his Cleveland roots aren't going to give him anything more than just passing knowledge about Thome which is about the same as his level of knowledge in most things baseball.

HahnSolo Aug 16 2011 03:16 PM Re: Thome 600

Not surprising they didnt mention who gave up #600: Daniel Schlereth, son of their oft-guest, and sometimes fill-in host, Mark Schlereth. and if I'm not mistaken, this is the second historic HR given up this year by Schlereth. Wasn't he the guy who gave up the first Met grand slam in almost 2 years?

Vic Sage Aug 16 2011 03:32 PM Re: Thome 600

a lifetime OB% over .400 in that many plate appearances should get you into the HOF all by itself. Add 600 HRs and one wonders what goes on in the mind of guys like Craig "i don't think of Thome as a HOFer" Carton. What exactly do they think makes a player great? Batting average? really? still? are we still having to deal with that kind of stupidity? apparently, yes.

Ashie62 Aug 16 2011 03:59 PM Re: Thome 600

Thome is a credible and safe HOF pick.

metirish Aug 16 2011 04:54 PM Re: Thome 600

Just saw on the Evening News that in May his fellow players voted him the nicest player in MLB, means nothing but Thome does give that nice guy vibe.

Edgy DC Aug 16 2011 07:34 PM Re: Thome 600

If an informal study of a positive intangible quality can point at anybody but Derek Jeter, it means something.

Rockin' Doc Aug 17 2011 11:16 AM Re: Thome 600

Vic Sage wrote: a lifetime OB% over .400 in that many plate appearances should get you into the HOF all by itself. Add 600 HRs and one wonders what goes on in the mind of guys like Craig "i don't think of Thome as a HOFer" Carton. What exactly do they think makes a player great? Batting average? really? still? are we still having to deal with that kind of stupidity? apparently, yes. Sadly, a freakin' Yankees uniform.* *Bold (for emphasis) of Vic's quote is mine.

Frayed Knot Aug 17 2011 12:33 PM Re: Thome 600

The thing about Thome is that I suspect there are very few of those within baseball (fans, writers, contemporaries, etc.) who DON'T think of him as HoF material. Where the question comes in is from those only sort of conversant in baseball (the mainstream national sports media and others who just drop in and out) for whom Thome isn't famous enough, flashy enough, controversial enough, big city enough, or October hero-ish enough to qualify.

Edgy DC Aug 18 2011 07:03 AM Re: Thome 600

Really, the question isn't whether Thome has earned a Hall of Fame enshrinement. It isn't even whether Craig Carton is a tool. The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is.

Ceetar Aug 18 2011 07:09 AM Re: Thome 600

Edgy DC wrote: Really, the question isn't whether Thome has earned a Hall of Fame enshrinement. It isn't even whether Craig Carton is a tool. The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. I believe it's whichever tool makes him look best in the toolbox. I'd be a tool that looks like it's useful for everything, but in reality doesn't really do much. I'm drawing a blank on a good tool comparison though.

MFS62 Aug 18 2011 07:17 AM Re: Thome 600

Edgy DC wrote: The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. A hoe. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 18 2011 07:47 AM Re: Thome 600

Edgy DC wrote: The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. The kind that pretends to be the ultimate authority on all things jock-ish the moment he gets hired by an all-sports station. btw, 601 last night.

Ceetar Aug 18 2011 07:49 AM Re: Thome 600

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. The kind that pretends to be the ultimate authority on all things jock-ish the moment he gets hired by an all-sports station. btw, 601 last night. Ithaca's area code.

Centerfield Aug 18 2011 10:04 AM Re: Thome 600

Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. The kind that pretends to be the ultimate authority on all things jock-ish the moment he gets hired by an all-sports station. btw, 601 last night. Ithaca's area code. 607 no?

Ceetar Aug 18 2011 12:01 PM Re: Thome 600

Centerfield wrote: Ceetar wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy DC wrote: The question, I think, is what kind of tool Craig Carton is. The kind that pretends to be the ultimate authority on all things jock-ish the moment he gets hired by an all-sports station. btw, 601 last night. Ithaca's area code. 607 no? doh. sloppy on my part. 601 is apparently central Mississippi. Somewhere i've never been nor called.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 18 2011 12:06 PM Re: Thome 600

602 on deck. That's Arizona, I think.

metirish Aug 25 2011 07:35 PM Re: Thome 600

Thome accepts trade to Cleveland.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 25 2011 08:03 PM Re: Thome 600

metirish wrote: Thome accepts trade to Cleveland. This gave me a little bit of a bellyful-of-scotch feeling. S'nice.

TransMonk Aug 26 2011 08:49 AM Re: Thome 600

He'll always be an Indian to me.