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Decision day draws near for Phillies, Indians.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| December 01, 2002 | Brookover, Bob | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

PHILADELPHIA _ The anxiety should end Monday for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cleveland Indians.

After a long Thanksgiving weekend with Final Jeopardy! music ringing in their ears, an answer should be forthcoming from the biggest free-agent prize on this year's market.

Everybody knows the question by now: Will slugging first baseman Jim Thome stay in Cleveland or come to Philadelphia?

Phillies general manager Ed Wade had hoped to have that answer last night, but as he headed home from Annapolis, Md., after dropping off his son, Ryan, at the Naval Academy, he still had not heard from Thome's agent, Pat Rooney.

"Nothing has ...

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