Jim Thome News

AJ Pierzynski, Jayson Nix, Greg Walker and other former White Sox like Jim Thome, Bill Pierce, Bill Melton, Donn Pall and Michael Huff attended Children Memorial Hospital's Champions of Children dinner last night at the Palmer House Hilton.

If White Sox fans made the judgment regarding Jim Thome's immediate baseball future, then the prolific slugger would be chasing 600 career home runs at U.S. Cellular Field in 2010.

Would Travis Hafner have been an MVP if he didn't break his hand in 2006? Is Nap Lajoie the greatest Indian you've never heard of? Is Manny Ramirez one of the best Cleveland outfielders in the history of the franchise? More importantly, which Indian had the greatest ever offensive season at his position? Major League Baseball has been asking fans ...

After manager Ozzie Guillen hinted of more lineup changes, Paul Konerko and Jim Thome each made cases Friday night to stay in their respective spots in the White Sox's lineup.

As it turned out, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry seemed happy with how the GM meetings went this week at O'Hare International Airport.

The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Thome from the Chicago White Sox on Monday night, Aug.

Gordon Beckham makes sense at second base. But moving him there is not a huge upgrade for the White Sox without the addition of an All-Star level third baseman.

If Indians fans were wondering what might have been when Cliff Lee squared off with CC Sabathia, Paul Hoynes certainly understood.

The White Sox's starting pitching finally supplemented a resurgent hitting attack Monday night.

It was just like the old days, if you consider September and October as long-ago memories.

Here is a lineup that could tee off against even some of the best pitchers. The squad, consisting of players whose last names begin with T, contains several Hall of Famers as well as some future first ballot selections.

His World Series debut didn't turn out the way he wanted. The Big Man was outpitched by former Cleveland teammate , just like on opening day at the new Yankee Stadium.

Ryan Howard did not drive in a run in the clinching game of the National League Championship Series last night, ending a streak of eight postseason games with at least one RBI.

I was reading an article the other day where a baseball commentator said the qualities needed to make the playoffs aren't the qualities needed to succeed in the playoffs They said that deep starting pitching, production up and down the lineup, good middle relief and steady defense isn't nearly as important as having two dominant starters and a ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers had nothing but admiration for the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday after losing the National League Championship Series to the same opponents by a 4-1 margin for the second straight year.

SIX TIMES in 7 years, a terrific lineup pushed the Cleveland Indians to the postseason.

Charlie Manuel had such a good feeling about Jimmy Rollins that he had to share it with somebody.

PHILADELPHIA Though Los Angeles Dodgers pinch-hitter Jim Thome spent just three years in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform, they were three of the most significant post-Cleveland Indians years of his 19-year professional career.

When the Dodgers' Randy Wolf steps onto the mound at Citizens Bank Park to face the Phillies in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, he's sure to see some familiar faces in the stands.

The 2003 Phillies seemed on the verge of greatness. Without a sniff of playoff baseball for a decade, they trailed the Florida Marlins for the wild card by a game with six to play, heading into a late September series in Miami.