CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jim Thome has spent plenty of time around the Indians lately.
He was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame last summer. He took his son to Game 5 of the World Series at Wrigley Field, where he hoped to witness his former team capture a long-awaited championship. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 7 at Progressive Field.
He ventured to Cleveland for a late-January weekend, when he attended the club's 2019 All-Star Game announcement and he honored former skipper Mike Hargrove at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards. He teamed with Cavaliers icon Austin Carr and Browns legend Jim Brown to toss out ceremonial first pitches before the Tribe's home opener earlier this month.