Jim Thome
Jim Thome
James Howard "Jim" Thomeis a retired American baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1991 to 2012. He played for six different teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians during the 1990s and the Philadelphia Phillies in the early 2000s. A prolific power hitter, Thome hit 612 home runs during his career—the seventh-most all time—along with 2,328 hits, 1,699 runs batted in, and a .276 batting average. He was a member of five All-Star teams and won...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth27 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
It's nice and it's always great to start off well. But let's keep it going. It seems there's someone who steps up each day. It's fun. It's like, 'Who's going to do it today?' We're really rockin' and rollin' here.
He's got a real good arm. His angle is really good.
The main thing is the health. When you have a big hit to get your team going, it feels good any time.
The Indians are going in a way they want to go and I respect that, ... I've loved that organization and I still will.
It just was weird walking in here, nothing bad. Looking out in this angle (from the visiting dugout) is big-time different.
Starting with spring training, from Day 1, they really talk about winning here, and preaching winning. It's been very fun. It's been great. I can see now why this team wins. They're very focused, they're very upbeat about playing every day, and it's great.
I'd rather not get into it. For me to comment is out of line. Frank has been a tremendous player. Just leave it at that.
I got to see more pitches. I got over 30 at-bats in three days. When I got back to playing in the regular games, it just seemed to click.
You don't have to be really fast to be a good base-runner. When you get out there, it's important to concentrate and understand the game situations.
With the emergence of Ryan Howard, who had a tremendous year, to be honest, I didn't really know what would happen,
You look at our club, you look at the guys we have, everyone in the room knows how to play. We knew the way Detroit was playing coming into this series. That makes it even bigger to come in here and win the first two, with the momentum they had. It's good to get back on track.
To be honest, I don't comment on things like that. I try not to go there.
Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.
If I had to give advice about parents, it would be this: Value your relationships with them. Those relationships are what you stand for. Not only are we blessed to wear a uniform that says PHILLIES on the front, but we have our names on the back. That name means you're playing for your family.