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Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome of Peoria to receive Illinois' highest civilian honor
Journal Star via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoJim Thome has another award for his trophy case. The Peoria native and Baseball Hall of Fame...
Hall of Famer Jim Thome coaching baseball at HS where his son plays
High School Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoJim Thome played in the major leagues from 1991-2012, earning five All-Star nods and a trip to the...
Why is Jim Thome trending? Peoria hall of fame slugger part of podcast marathon challenge
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoJim Thome is the answer. As of Tuesday morning, the Peoria native and 2018 Baseball Hall of Famer was the No. 1 trending sports tropic on Twitter. The reason? Jack Coleman — a producer for the ...
Peoria's Jim Thome part of an MLB Legends Home Run Derby? How the idea came to be
Journal Star via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoReady to see Peoria native Jim Thome hit a few more home runs? It could happen, if the Hall of Fame...
Bagwell, Glavine, Jones, Simmons and Thome among voters on Hall of Fame panel considering managers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHall of Fame players Jeff Bagwell,Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Ted Simmons and Jim Thome are among 16...
Analyzing the Hall of Fame cases of Manny Ramirez, Omar Vizquel, Kenny Lofton
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoThree of Cleveland's key players from the teams of the 1990s continue to lose momentum when it comes...
Why HOF slugger Jim Thome was back in Limestone colors on the baseball diamond
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoJim Thome once again donned his old Limestone colors. The Baseball Hall of Famer and Limestone...
Hall of Fame classmates Fred McGriff, Scott Rolen becoming friends forever in Cooperstown
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y — They were loved on by Wade Boggs, wined and dined by the Hall of Fame, played...
Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, who managed 22 seasons for four...
'Fluke accident': Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome of Peoria suffers three facial fractures
Journal Star via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoPEORIA — Hall of Fame slugger Jim Thome KO'd a lot of teams with home runs during his storied baseball career. In fact, the Peoria native launched an MLB record 13 walk-off homers. But last ...