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Article: Downey's 11: The Big Hurt fails course in Logic 101.(sports)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- January 27, 2006
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Byline: Mike Downey
Downey's Eleven:
1 The fact that Frank Thomas fully expected to be back with the White Sox for the 2006 season _ and was very hurt that he was not invited to be _ is one thing. I can sympathize.
But never in a million years will I understand Thomas' attitude about having thrown out a first pitch at a World Series game and having participated in the Sox victory parade.
"I never would have done that stuff if I knew I was leaving," he said Thursday in Oakland in his first day as a gigantic A.
Let me get this straight:
He would have refused to accept a great honor and a standing ovation from Chicago ...