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POPSHBT: Thome putting up historic production at 40
<p>Jim Thome ruined the Twins? plans to have him reach 600 career home runs at Target Field by being too damn good, hitting his 599th and 600th homers Monday night in Detroit and then delivering No. 601 against the Tigers two nights later.</p> <p>Thome has been deserving of the Hall of Fame for years already, but hopefully becoming the eighth member of the 600-homer club will ensure his place in Cooperstown.</p> <p>With the way he?s hitting, though, that can probably wait. Thome hasn?t been able to duplicate his ridiculous 2010 numbers, but he?s having one of the greatest seasons in baseball history by a 40-year-old.</p> <p>In fact, last season his .283/.412/.627 line added up to the fourth-highest adjusted OPS+ of all time by a 39-year-old and this season his .259/.365/.513 line would be tied for the fourth-highest adjusted OPS+ from a 40-year-old. Here are the age-39 and age-40 leaderboards for adjusted OPS+:</p> <pre>AGE 39 YEAR PA OPS+ AGE 40 YEAR
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