COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Thome was one of six former players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in this bucolic little town that has been welcoming the game’s greatest since 1939. This is hallowed ground, a place that has triggered debates for more than seven decades.
Was Mantle better than Mays? Seaver or Gibson? Schmitty or Brooks Robinson? Should Pete Rose be in? What about Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and the other PED heads?
Well, here’s another one to ponder now that Jim Thome is a Hall of Famer: Who is the nicest man to ever be inducted at Cooperstown?