Best Trade Ever?

April 23, 2006

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jim Thome to the World Series champion Chicago White Sox for center fielder Aaron Rowand.

Aaron Rowand plays solid defense in center field and he’s putting up a .328 batting average with 2 home runs on the year. Aaron was a blue collar guy and Sox fan favorite. But this trade is amazingly one sided so far to the Sox’s advantage, it’s not even funny.

Jim Thome is rippin’ the cover off the ball so far this season. His average is .347 and he’s jacked 9 homers already. His on base percentage is a staggering .536!!! He gets on base every other time to bat. That’s just plain ludicrous! It’s impossible Thome will stay this hot but if he does his end of season stats look like 85 home runs (which would be a league record) 171 RBI’s (7th all time) & 190 walks.

Here’s the best part… Philadelphia Phillies gave the White Sox $22 million as part of the deal!

One more thing about Jim Thome. He’s got the sweetest swing I’ve ever seen. It’s so smooth… check it out for yourself.

April 23, 2006 | Filed Under Sports

Comments

Leave a Reply




Polls

# of games Bears win this year.

  • 5-8 (33%)
  • 9-12 (33%)
  • 13-16 (33%)
  • 0-4 (0%)

Poll Ends: August 20, 2008 @ 3:59 pm

Loading ... Loading ...