jim thome went to high school at limestone high school.
where did jim thome go to high school?
limestone high school
thome was born in peoria, illinois, on august 27, 1970, and is the youngest of five children. many of the thome family played sports: jim's grandmother was hired at a local caterpillar plant solely to play for the company's softball team; his father built bulldozers for caterpillar and played slow-pitch softball; his aunt caroline thome hart is in the women's softball hall of fame; and his two older brothers, chuck iii and randy, played baseball at limestone high school. thome learned to play baseball from his father on a tennis court, and also played basketball in what he described as the "ghetto" of peoria, noting that he was the only white kid there but that he earned the respect of his fellow players. one day during his youth, thome sneaked into the cubs' clubhouse at wrigley field in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an autograph from his favorite player, dave kingman. though thome received signatures from several other players, this experience influenced him to be generous with signing autographs for fans during his playing career.
jim thome
thome hit his first home run with the twins on april 8, during the twins' season-opening road trip. the twins opened target field, their new home stadium, on april 12, 2010. this was the third time in thome's career that his team had opened a new stadium – the 1994 cleveland indians when they opened jacobs field, and the 2004 philadelphia phillies when they opened citizens bank park. on july 3, thome hit two home runs, passing fellow twin harmon killebrew for tenth on the all-time home run list. the game was stopped and the twins played a pre-recorded message from killebrew congratulating thome on the accomplishment, during which killebrew noted he was happy thome did it while a member of the twins. thome hit the first walk-off hit in target field on august 17, a 445-foot two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning against the white sox. it was the 12th walk-off home run of his career, tying him for the most all time (a record he subsequently broke). on september 4, thome again hit two home runs in a single game to tie and then pass mark mcgwire for the ninth spot on the career home run list. thome surpassed frank robinson's home run total on september 11, when he hit his 587th career home run in the top of the 12th inning in cleveland. toward the end of the season, thome commented that playing with the twins made him feel rejuvenated. he finished the 2010 season with a .283 average, 25 home runs and 59 rbis. thome posted his best slugging percentage since 2002.
jim thome