CLEVELAND -- Jim Thome was trying to be quiet, because his wife was trying to sleep in the next room, but he was having a hard time containing his excitement on Thursday night. Thome was talking on the phone with Sandy Alomar Jr., and text messages were coming in from Albert Belle, Kenny Lofton and Carlos Baerga.
Since being voted into the Hall of Fame last week, Thome has been experiencing the good old days all over again. There have been countless calls and hundreds of texts. There has been a lot of remember-when storytelling and plenty of full-belly laughter following.