So many 'famous' people act as if the world revolves around them. Why? because it often does. Celebrity in the United States has become a ticket to self-absorbed overindulgence.
I truly admire and feel proud to have Jim Thome hail from central Illinois. Why? He represents all that's good about working class values. His family raised him right.
So often the media's portrayal of working people centers on some sort of conflict. While his dad, under the shadow of a son who is truly a superstar, famously remains a 'regular guy' from the working class, the entire family acts with dignity.
Jim Thome has raised massive amounts of money for charity. I am proud to have been a very small part when I played guitar one year at his annual fund raising effort for Children's Hospital.
I'd vote Jim Thome into both the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Human Hall of Fame.
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