Jim Thome's Major League Baseball career started in 1991, the same year as one James Sarkis Essian. Nearly TWENTY years after his rookie season, Thome managed to garner an AL MVP vote while compiling a .283/.412/.627 slash line with the 2010 Minnesota Twins. Thome has continued to be a productive hitter and, by all accounts, a very likeable, ... Read More
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #46: Jim “Sox It” Thome
Posted On 22 Jun 2011 By Bad Kermit. Under: Cubs, The Top 79.
Jim Thome's Major League Baseball career started in 1991, the same year as one James Sarkis Essian. Nearly TWENTY years after his rookie season, Thome managed to garner an AL MVP vote while compiling a .283/.412/.627 slash line with the 2010 Minnesota Twins. Thome has continued to be a productive hitter and, by all accounts, a very likeable, ... Read More
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #57: José “Used His Hose B to Make Another” Cruz
Posted On 02 Sep 2009 By Bad Kermit. Under: The Top 79.
If you've ever sat around and wondered how José Cruz managed to amass 2,251 hits in his career, you need to get a better hobby. Part of that total can be attributed to the fact that Cruz played parts of 19 seasons in the MLB. Oh, and also, he collected 197 of those hits by playing the Cubs ... Read More
