Congrats to one of the class acts in baseball, Jim Thome who belted his 599th and 600th career homers tonight in Detroit against the Tigers.
In an era when many sluggers were under the umbrella of suspicion of using steroids, Jim Thome is one guy whose name never came up. At least not that I'm aware of. Thome is stronger than an ox. He didn't need to used steroids.
I remember his first career home run. It was against the Yankees when he was with the Indians and landed in the upper deck at Yankee Stadium. If I remember correctly it won the game for Cleveland and it introduced me to Jim Thome.
The interesting thing about tonight's 600th homer is that it came one at-bat after his 599th homer. Frequently it takes a player a while to land that milestone homer since they are thinking about it and pressing. When Alex Rodriguez was chasing his 500th homer, he was seemingly stuck on 499 forever.
I'm really happy for Thome. First ballot Hall of Famer for certain. I'd like to see him get really hot and pass that fraud Sammy Sosa who has 609 homers, many tainted.
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