Jim Thome to the Dodgers (1 Viewer)

[Widbil83]

Just confirmed on 670 the score in Chicago.

So I guess Thome will be a pinch hitter there. Not sure if he can even play a entire game at 1B.

 

[dparker713]

And Garland.

Weird, just weird.

 

[Widbil83]

This Thome thing was in the works a bit longer than initially reported-

"In fact, the night before the deadline he called me. ... He just said: 'I just want to be honest with you. I'd love to come. I want to help you guys any way I can. But playing first base is not something I'm going to be able to do -- maybe in an emergency situation, perhaps.'"

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4436363

 

[This_Guy]

This Thome thing was in the works a bit longer than initially reported-

"In fact, the night before the deadline he called me. ... He just said: 'I just want to be honest with you. I'd love to come. I want to help you guys any way I can. But playing first base is not something I'm going to be able to do -- maybe in an emergency situation, perhaps.'"

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4436363

Not sure where the quote in the ESPN article came from, but I think they got it wrong. I watched an interview with Colletti right after the game last night. He says "Thome called me at 8:30 tonight." Colletti also says that he got an email for them Sox GM that morning telling him Thome was available.

 

[David Yudkin]

Not sure why Thome would want to go from being among the league leaders in HR and RBI to a pinch hitter who might only see 30 AB the rest of the season.

 

[Bluesbomber]

A shot at the playoffs and WS perhaps.

Not sure why Thome would want to go from being among the league leaders in HR and RBI to a pinch hitter who might only see 30 AB the rest of the season.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Not sure why Thome would want to go from being among the league leaders in HR and RBI to a pinch hitter who might only see 30 AB the rest of the season.

A shot at the playoffs and WS perhaps.

Plus he's a free agent at the end of the season, so he can just go back to the AL.

 

[Knobs]

I love watching the arms race going on in the NL West.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Quitter quitter,

chicken dinner.