Inside Pitch: No Ignoring Thome's Numbers

It's a topic that the Phillies wished wouldn't come up for discussion. But Jim Thome has been a bit difficult to ignore. Thome was sent to the White Sox along with $22 million for center fielder Aaron Rowand and two minor league pitchers this winter because there wasn't enough room at first base for both Thome and Ryan Howard. What Thome is doing in Chicago is impossible to ignore.

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