Its only coincidence that I am writing this and the Indians recently acquired Jim Thome. Ever since he hit his 600th, I have been thinking about his place in history. He was one of the greatest pure sluggers of this generation. Bonds and Sosa have more home runs, but they were not "pure" sluggers because they used impure methods to enhance their records. Thome's legacy will forever be somewhat tainted by these men. In 50 years, people may try to speculate everyone in this generation was using. Eight players in history have hit 600 home runs and 3 are tainted by PEDs.
