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Cleveland Indians make it official and retire Jim Thome’s number

The Cleveland Indians decided to make everyone emotional by retiring Jim Thome‘s number this afternoon before the game against the Baltimore Orioles.

Thome has a statue at Progressive Field and now that he is officially in the Hall of Fame, it was only a matter of time before his number was retired. No one could ever wear the No. 25 as well as he did anyway.

And just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, they had Thome put a jersey on and round the bases with his son. I’m not crying, you are!