Despite the way he left, Jim Thome is still my favorite Indian ever.
Last year, I was walking with my cousin in Detroit, and I guess the Twins were in town to play the Tigers, when I saw Jim Thome walk out of the hotel with his wife and begin to walk in our direction. He saw my Indians shirt on and walked up to me and said hello. He talked about his times here, about the Indians current team, etc. and when I asked him to sign an autograph he said "as many as you need." He shook my hand and continued down the street.
Before this, I still liked Jim Thome, but because of how he left Cleveland (it wasn't really that bad, but I remember being really pissed at the time) I never thought I would love him the way I did when he was hitting bombs wearing that Tribe uniform. But after meeting him and seeing in person what a great person he was, I guess I decided he was my favorite Indian ever.
