MLB Loses a Veteran as Ex-Angels and Red Sox Pro Sadly Passes Away at 88

A $25,000 bonus once kept George Thomas, a versatile utility player, stuck on a big-league bench as a teenager, yet he turned that odd start into 685 games and 46 home runs across 13 seasons, playing everywhere but the mound.

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