Agreed. Which makes the statistical accomplishments valid imo, but only really against players from the same (roughly) era. I actually shared LouisEly's affinity for those early '90s Indians teams, & also like him, I loved Thome. I even remember when he was a "third baseman" I disagree, I don't think that "everyone" from the era needs to be labled a cheater automatically. I have no evidence, but do not think that Thome was a juicer. I would be more likely to go with the original poster and say that Thome was one of the clean one's of the era. I didn't mean to label him as a cheater. I don't care who took steroids, personally, and I don't view them as the greatest evil in the history of the game. Pitchers and hitters both used the stuff, and I think the playing field was pretty even during the "steroid era".