Tomatoes

I have been told many times that you should always pinch the suckers off your tomato plants. They (supposedly) grow very fast and strong and green and don't bear any blooms or fruit. They are called 'suckers' because they suck the energy of the plant away from growing and producing blooms and tomatoes.
I wonder, then, about mine. Yes, the suckers are growing strong, but they are producing tomatoes at a rate that is astonishing. They have more blooms than the 'regular' branches, and set fruit like the seed companies claim.
Maybe suckers aren't so bad.