"Jim Thome began his major league career 21 years ago, and in all that time, the feeling he gets when he hits a home run has never changed. Even after 605 of them. "Never. Never. You just get around the bases a little slower," he said with a laugh before adding, with a point of his finger toward the bleachers, "But that feeling when it leaves? No." It's that feeling that keeps Thome, 41, from leaving. Thome was back at Target Field on Tuesday night, June 12, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, with whom he signed after playing the 2010 and 2011 seasons in Minnesota. He doesn't get around the way he used to, and hasn't for a few years now, perpetually battling a bad back that recently put him on the disabled list for a month. Yet he entered the series opener Tuesday hitting .400 (6 for 15) with a homer and four RBIs since being activated. " Read more: http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_20843619/ex-minnesota-twin-jim-thome-says-thrill-hasnt
