After taking Brian Stokes deep on Thursday, Jim Thome hit his 565th career home run, and is now only two shy of tying Rafeal Palmeiro for 11th on the all-time list.
But on another list, Jim Thome tied one of the hardest working Twins in recent memory.
Jason Tyner played eight major league seasons, and spent three with the Twins, but his most memorable moment came in a July 28th game in 2007.
In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Tyner took P Jake Westbrook deep for his first and only career home run.
Tyner is best known for his role along with Nick Punto, Jason Bartlett and Luis Castillo as the "Little Piranhas". The four batted eight, ninth, first, and second, and were esentially four lead-off players. They all hit between .290 and .312, and had six homeruns between them in 2006.
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