FRANK THOMAS RUMORS & GOSSIP

This Date in Pirates History: January 30

On this date in 1959 the Pittsburgh Pirates traded pitcher Whammy Douglass, outfielders Jim Pendleton and John Powers and third baseman Frank Thomas to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for catcher Smoky Burgess, third baseman Don Hoak and pitcher Harvey Haddix. Starting with Burgess, he was just about to turn 32 at the time of the trade, a backup left-handed hitting catcher who got...
Via Pirates Prospects  |  13 days ago
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1962 Mets Honored at BBWAA Awards Dinner

Original 1962 Mets Jay Hook, Al Jackson and Frank Thomas were guest speakers at the BBWAA Awards Dinner on Saturday night. Hook started and won the first game in Mets franchise history. On April 23, 1962, he pitched a five-hit 9–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field, giving his team their first regular-season victory after nine defeats. In that season he compiled...
Via Mets Merized Online  |  20 days ago
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MANNY HAPPY RETURNS?

A's interested in Manny Ramirez?

Manny Ramirez is doing everything he can to break back into the show, and it seems that Billy Beane and the A's are the team showing the most interest in the mercurial slugger. 

Via Hall of Very Good  |  23 days ago
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Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Beer

Former Chicago White Sox slugger and soon to be Hall of Famer is taking a swing at the alcoholic beverage game…Thomas has created Big Hurt Beer, a crisp full flavored lager with All-Star taste and a smooth finish…People in Chicago seem to be responding, as it already has a large following, and the Retar Crew out of CHI even wrote a song about…To see the Video...
Via Terez Owens  |  December 05, 2011
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Frank Thomas Blasts American League MVP

Postseason awards are funny.Typically, you're going to hear a lot of people saying they don't matter...until they object to who wins one. Then, of course, they suddenly begin to matter.Such was the case Monday when Justin Verlander was named the American League Most Valuable Player.Ask anyone what they thought about the Detroit Tigers pitcher taking home the award and they...
Via Hall of Very Good  |  November 22, 2011
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Frank Thomas Gets Statue in Chicago

The White Sox are treating Frank Thomas right in his retirement. Last year they retired his jersey at the Cell in Chicago, leading to an emotional speech from The Big Hurt. This year they decided to give him a bronze statue in the left field concourse. Charles Comiskey, Minnie Minoso, Carlton Fisk, Nellie Fox and [...]
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  July 31, 2011
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Frank Thomas, Todd Zeile draw on experience as players for entertainment careers

Future Hall of Fame first baseman Frank Thomas launched his own record label, W2W Records…..his first project is a group called Bellevoxx whose members are three girls…..’I relate everything to baseball with these ladies,’ Thomas said. ‘You’ve got three first round draft picks…very heavy hitters.’ [Top40-Charts.com] Former MLB journeyman Todd Zeile has shifted his attention [...]
Via The Golden Sombrero Baseball Blog  |  November 09, 2010
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Frank Thomas: The Greatest White Sox Hitter Ever

  His number 35 may have been retired on Sunday, but the many stories of “The Big Hurt,” Frank Thomas, the greatest hitter in White Sox history, will live on forever. As evident by the sellout crowd that ascended upon U.S. Cellular Field on Sunday, lining up outside as early as 8:00 a.m. to get a bobble head in his likeness and to see his induction into White Sox immortality...
Via The Sports Bank  |  August 30, 2010
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Frank Thomas Gets His Number Retired

"I'm from a small town in Georgia and there you can only dream about something like this," future Hall of Famer Frank Thomas told the crowd prior to the White Sox-Yankees game Sunday, "but I've always dreamed."And with that (and U.S. Cellular's trademark celebratory fireworks), the smiling visage and Number 35 of the the Southside's most productive player was unveiled alongside the...
Via Hall of Very Good  |  August 29, 2010
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Frank Thomas' wife says he's 'first-ballot, in my eyes'

Megan Thomas says her now retired husband, Frank , is "first-ballot, in my eyes," and not only as a future Hall of Fame ballplayer.
Via Chicago Tribune  |  February 13, 2010
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