Stars Align for Thome's 500th

Slugger's milestone home run also a game-winner for White Sox
By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2007 6:35 AM CDT
Stars Align for Thome's 500th
Chicago White Sox' Jim Thome (25) is greeted at home plate by his teammates after hitting a walk-off, two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, in Chicago. The White Sox won, 9-7. The home run was the 500th of Thome's career....   (Associated Press)

Jim Thome's 500th home run reads like something out of Hollywood. On the day White Sox fans received his bobblehead doll, in the ninth inning of the final game of a home stand, on a full count, Thome hit one deep—to win the game over the Angels 9-7. It's the first time a 500th homer was also a walk-off, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Thome's family and friends poured onto the field to celebrate, and teammates hoisted the 250-lb designated hitter onto their shoulders for a victory lap. Sox manager Ozzie Guillen waxed poetic, saying of Thome that "Good things happen to good people." (More MLB stories.)

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