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Former White Sox teammates praise Thomas for historic homer

Frank Thomas' historic 500th career homer was barely settled in the Metrodome seats Thursday when he began hearing from his former teammates.

"I called him today and congratulated him," White Sox pitcher Jon Garland said. "Left it on his message. There are only 21 people who have been able to do it. Think of how many people have played the game and how hard it is to hit a home run; it's an impressive feat - especially since there have never been any rumors or controversy around the guy. He consistently put up good numbers."