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Dodgers News: Chase Utley Congratulates Jim Thome On Hall Of Fame Induction - Dodger Blue
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Extra inning baseball book reviews for 2020: How a ball baptized in a Cooperstown creek soaks up, and rebirths, some vital Hall history – Tom Hoffarth's The Drill: More Farther Off the Wall
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Lee Smith's Second Chance at the Hall of Fame - Cooperstown Cred
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First Time Candidates on the 2019 BBWAA Hall of Fame Ballot - Cooperstown Cred
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Why White Sox slugger Jim Thome deserves to be a first ballot Hall of Famer
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Jim Thome learns of 'dream' of going to Baseball Hall of Fame
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The best and worst of the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame
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Is “Shoeless” Joe Jackson the greatest baseball player not inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame? - Quora
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MLB Hall of Fame 2018 - Jim Thome
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Jim Thome elected to Hall of Fame
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Chipper Jones, Jim Thome Lead 2018 Hall of Fame Ballot - Sports Illustrated
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Dodgers Blue Heaven: Congrats, Jim Thome! You're a Hall of Famer!
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2018 Baseball Hall of Fame: Jim Thome heading to Cooperstown - The Good Phight
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Jim Thome wants block 'C,' not Wahoo, on Hall of Fame plaque
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Dale Murphy, Superstar from the 1980's, is Still Outside the Hall of Fame - Cooperstown Cred