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Article: Frank Thomas, the original
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- The Sporting News
- Article date:
- July 28, 1997
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The new version is talented, but the first made quite a name for himself, too
So you're a longtime baseball fan and Frank Thomas is your favorite big-league player, eh? Let's see. Three 30-homer seasons. Two 100RBI seasons. Eight home runs in one 10-game West Coast trip. Three consecutive two-homer games.
Yes, the man is a worthy choice. Even if he hasn't swung a bat in the majors or played first base for Chicago in more than 30 years.
Say what?
That's right, folks. Frank Joseph Thomas last played in The Show in 1966, pinch-hitting in five games for Chicago-the Cubs, not the White Sox. In a big-league career that began in 1951 and encompassed 1,766 games, Frank Thomas hit 286 home runs, ...