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Jim Thome is another player that I was late to collect. I sort of saw him as a slugging strikeout machine. He did wind up just 49 strikeouts short of the all-time record but the five-time All-star did accumulate more than 600 career home runs. He was known for pointing his bat toward right field during his batting stance after seeing Roy Hobbs do that in The Natural. He is the all-time leader in career walk-off home runs. As he approached 600 home runs, I decided I'd better get busy on a Thome collection because he was probably going to the Hall. Since then I have accumulated 726 different Beckett recognized cards of him. Here are nine of them.

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1991 Bowman #68 Jim Thome RC
1991 Upper Deck Final Edition #17F Jim Thome RC (Interesting that Upper Deck is using a photo obviously from the same photo session as Bowman.)
1993 Triple A All-Stars Fleer/ProCards #38 Jim Thome

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1997 Upper Deck Run Producers #RP21 Jim Thome
2000 Metal Emerald #41 Jim Thome
2003 Fleer Showcase Thunder Sticks Game Bat #JT Jim Thome/799

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2004 Playoff Prestige Players Collection Jersey #41 Jim Thome
2004 Sweet Spot Sweet Threads #STSJT Jim Thome
2008 SP Legendary Cuts Destined for History Memorabilia #JT Jim Thome