Found June 29, 2007 on The Fantasy Baseball Guy:
What a night!!! Two future Hall-of-Famers entered the record books last night. One, a feisty, grind it out player, while the other, a monster masher with his bat. Each has taken a different road, but eventually their roads will cross when they enter the Hall-of-Fame when their historic careers are finally over.
3 Comments:
  • I'm with you, they both deserve it so much. it seems like these guys have been playing ever since I can remember. Biggio is a true professional, just the amount of positions he's played makes him so unique. I remember following him when he was a top prospect catcher, and Thomas has really surprised me by producing like he still does even through all of his years of injuries.....
  • I thought it was pretty funny that the night that the Big Hurt's name gets placed in the history books forever, he gets thrown outta the same game!
  • Big, totally agree pal. That was pretty funny. Even Biggio had a memorable night too. His 3,000th he got thrown out tryin to stretch a single into a double...
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