Nice Story on Jim Thome

It was fun to watch Thome come up through the Indians farm system and then become a central piece to those very good teams of the late 90′s and early 00′s.

I remember telling the search committee at St. Andrew’s that if they hired me I’d be more like Jim Thome than Barry Bonds. Since that was long before talk of performance enchancing drugs, what I meant was that I’d be consistent over the long-haul – not flashy, not many ups or downs – just consistent.

Terry Pluto (one of the best sports writers in the country) of the Cleveland Plain Dealer had this to say as Thome entered an elite group of men with 600 home runs this past week:

Thome made baseball history the same way he played the game – in a way that would make his family proud. It was pure Peoria. Don’t brag. Respect the game. Have a grateful heart.

This doesn’t make a “good story,” unless your idea of a good story is about good people doing good things.

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