After the lights went out and the cameras were turned off at Monday’s Cleveland City Club event, Jim Thome, the day’s speaker, provided a few questions with regard to the future, but also one very specific answer.
By his estimation, Cleveland Indians – whether he is a part of the franchise on a going-forward basis or not – are in a very good position to win a lot of baseball games. Thome reflected back on his early years with the Tribe, getting to watch and learn from players like Eddie Murray and Dave Winfield, and saw a lot of that team in the one which he was most recently a part of. Young, talented players who are just growing into their own. They have the desire to learn, and the desire to get better as players regardless of how long they have been in the game of baseball.
“The future here looks great,” said Thome to a select group of Cleveland media following his hour-long discussion with Indians broadcaster Tom Hamilton. “TheyR...
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