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Jim Thome's 586th career homer ties Frank Robinson | Baseball Notebook
The Twins slugger hit a towering, 452-foot homer as Minnesota beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3.
MINNEAPOLIS — Jim Thome has found a band of brothers in Minnesota. He's showing off his big swing like the oldest sibling.
Thome hit a towering, 452-foot homer, No. 586 of his career, as the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3 Tuesday night.
"You hope the good times last as long as they can," Thome said.
Thome has likened his new team to a family, smiling his way through his first season playing for his former division rival.
"We're all genuinely rooting for each other," he said.
Thome's 22nd homer of the season tied Frank Robinson for eighth place on the career list. The ball soared to right field and past the American flag, traveling to almost the same place his estimated 480-foot shot landed in Monday's game against the Royals.
"He keeps hitting it farther and farther and farther," fellow Twins slugger Delmon Young said.
Thome has four homers in his last three games.
After a little prompting from the Target Field crowd, Thome stepped out of the dugout and waved to the fans.
"It's fun to watch, and it's a tough act to follow," said Young, who also homered.
Notes
• A statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams was dedicated by the Chicago Cubs outside Wrigley Field. Ernie Banks, the only other Cub with a statue, attended the ceremony.
• Hank Aaron, long reluctant to weigh in strongly on stories involving steroids and baseball, said he'll stick with that tact in the cases of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, both accused of lying about steroid use.
"I'm just saddened by it," said Aaron, who held the career home-run record until Bonds broke it. "I'm not a judge and I'm not a juror and I don't know who's guilty."
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