(AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Two big Hall of Fame benchmarks were reached yesterday in baseball. First Frank Thomas hit his 500th homer, then Craig Biggio slapped his 3,000th hit -- all for one team.
(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
- Thomas became the 21st player in MLB history to reach the 500-homer mark when he hit a three-run homer in the first inning of the Toronto Blue Jays' 8-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Thomas didn't have much time to celebrate: He was ejected in the ninth for arguing a called strike. Listen to Thomas' reaction to the homer in this audio clip.
- Biggio became the 27th player to collect 3,000 hits. And he did it in grand style, getting five hits for just the second time in his career. The Astros' second baseman reached the mark with a single in the seventh inning of Houston's 8-5, 11-inning win over Colorado. He added two more hits to end the night with 3002. Biggio played all 20 years of his career with Houston. Listen to what Biggio says he was thinking when he got his hit in this audio clip.
-- Howie Rumberg
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