Jim Thome officially retires
As recently as May, Jim Thome insisted he wasn't ready to make his retirement from baseball official. Though he hasn't played in the big leagues since Oct. 3, 2012, the 43-year-old slugger told Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal that he planned on staying in shape and waiting by the phone, hoping for one last opportunity to destroy baseballs for a living.
Unfortunately, that phone call never came. But the chance for a satisfying ending still existed, and Thome took advantage of that opportunity on Saturday by inking an honorary one-day contract and making his retirement official as a member of the Cleveland Indians. - Mark Townsend, Big League Stew
