Will Thome retire as a Cleveland Indian with all the boos he gets from Cleveland? How often does that happen where a player gets booed by the team he represents in the Hall of Fame.

Thome won't have a choice at what hat he wears in the HOF.

Thome won't have a choice at what hat he wears in the HOF.

 

ohh I thought you get a choice .. my bad

I think he'll go in as an Indian. The bulk of, not to mention prime of his career took place in Cleveland. Nothing remarkable happened in Philly, and Chicago seems like it's his farewell tour, even if the first two seasons were great.

 

On a side note I saw his season stats for '06 and couldn't help but imagine where we would be right now with that version of Jim Thome instead of this one.

 

*edit* If he had a choice. Forgot about that.

Edited June 17, 200817 yr by ChiSox35

ohh I thought you get a choice .. my bad

 

They used to, until a player got paid money to pick a certian team to go in with... i want to say Wade Boggs and Tampa Bay, but I am not positive.

They used to, until a player got paid money to pick a certian team to go in with... i want to say Wade Boggs and Tampa Bay, but I am not positive.

 

Good old wikipedia...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Boggs

 

Hall of Fame plaque cap logo controversy

 

Before his retirement, Boggs was plagued by newspaper reports that the expansion Devil Rays gave him financial compensation in return for selecting a Devil Rays cap for his plaque, though he has denied that any such condition was part of his contract.[6] In light of those reports (and other rumors that teams were offering number retirement, money or organizational jobs in exchange for the cap designation) the Hall decided in 2001 to change the policy on cap logo selection, giving the Hall, not the players, the final say in such matters. Boggs would eventually be depicted wearing a Boston cap for his 2005 induction, despite his acrimonious relationship with Red Sox management.

I gotta say the hall will choose an Indians cap...but you'd have to wonder if the choice would change if he won a ring on the south side and maybe WS MVP honors...

 

 

a boy can dream can't he?

 

I'm more concerned that Big Frank gets in first....

I gotta say the hall will choose an Indians cap...but you'd have to wonder if the choice would change if he won a ring on the south side and maybe WS MVP honors...

 

 

a boy can dream can't he?

 

I'm more concerned that Big Frank gets in first....

 

Frank >>> Thome

 

Frank has 2 MVP and a World Series not too mention all those ball park frank hotdog commercails

 

Frank >>> Thome

 

Frank has 2 MVP and a World Series not too mention all those ball park frank hotdog commercails

 

 

Yea I know that but you never know with the hall of fame voting....

 

I am not going to assume anything until he is standing at that podium.

 

 

I gotta say the hall will choose an Indians cap...but you'd have to wonder if the choice would change if he won a ring on the south side and maybe WS MVP honors...

 

It'll be an Indians cap regardless. He, Kenny Lofton, and Omar Vizquel were the heart and soul of those mid/late '90s Tribe teams, and the former two aren't getting in. Manny is typically associated with the Red Sox now and nobody wants to be associated with Albert Belle.

 

Frank >>> Thome

 

Frank has 2 MVP and a World Series not too mention all those ball park frank hotdog commercails

 

I'd say it's more like Frank > Thome. Frank was more dominant in his prime, but I wouldn't say that his career numbers are multiple tiers above JT's.

Edited June 17, 200817 yr by WCSox