BigSqwert Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ May 21, 2006 -> 04:08 PM) I'm gonna cheer back-to-back MVPs. Should be 3 but Jason Roid-ambi stole the one in 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 My Frank Thomas baseball card collection has taken a nose dive value-wise since his injuries have turned him to s***, but that will not make me boo him. If I was able to be there, I would cheer at the beginning, especially if they have some sort of tribute thing, but after that, he is on the other team. No cheers from me, but no boos either. I appreciate what he has done for the Sox, he had been one of my favorite players, and is one of the cornerstones of my card collection, but that's it. Thanks Frank, its been great, I hope we kick your ass all three games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut_Stock Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'll be there, and I will definitely stand and applaud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Good Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'll be giving a stand O for Frank tommorrow... From home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I am glad Ozzie addressed it recently. When you have a former franchise player who in spite of his humanity did a lot of good in your uniform, someone whose number will someday soon adorn the outfield wall and who will likely enter the Hall of Fame and when he does will most certainly wear a Sox cap, the proper thing to do is thank him. He, after all, let bygones be bygones. So should we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangercal Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 21, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) Should be 3 but Jason Roid-ambi stole the one in 2000. I still think about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...cs/14626874.htm Thomas has kept in contact with several former teammates (Jermaine Dye, A.J. Pierzynski, Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland), and he took issue with Williams saying that Thomas was not a good teammate. ``I had a lot of friends over there, and that's what's unfortunate about what he said,'' Thomas said. ``I was friends with pretty much everybody on that team. I didn't have any enemies over there. I think a lot of that stuff he brought up in the spring was stuff that happened early in my career. You know how people can latch on to certain things. But it was nothing like that. The last five years I was a totally different person over there.'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linnwood Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(GoRowand33 @ May 21, 2006 -> 03:02 PM) sox fans, please give him the standing ovation he deserves tomorrow I will be there tomorrow, and I will be giving him a standing ovation when he first comes to the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(Drew @ May 21, 2006 -> 10:57 PM) I am glad Ozzie addressed it recently. When you have a former franchise player who in spite of his humanity did a lot of good in your uniform, someone whose number will someday soon adorn the outfield wall and who will likely enter the Hall of Fame and when he does will most certainly wear a Sox cap, the proper thing to do is thank him. He, after all, let bygones be bygones. So should we. Total agreement here. The man deserves respect for the awesome numbers he put up in a Sox uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 21, 2006 -> 11:04 PM) http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...cs/14626874.htm Frank and AJ hanging out, scary. Frank and Garland hanging out, awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 21, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) Frank and Garland hanging out, awkward. Ha, I actually just told greasy that I can't imagine Frank and Garland being friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 22, 2006 -> 12:06 AM) Frank and AJ hanging out, scary. Frank and Garland hanging out, awkward. I don't think there's much BS to that though; with the exception of PK, I can't remember him having problems with teammates. David Wells doesn't count, because I think we'd all like to forget that David Wells was on our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbaho-WG Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'll be at the game tomorrow and will give him a standing ovation every time he steps to the plate. He WAS the organization throughout the 90s, and to dismiss everything he's done because he said some stupid things when he left is extremely myopic and most of all ignorant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock4Life Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 won't be there tomorrow but will give him a standing o when he is announced on tuesday and probably at his first at bat. he was the white sox for over a decade. most feared hitter in the 90's, especially pre-strike. I even hope he hits a couple of dingers while the white sox score alot more and win the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshiner Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I will be at the game giving Big Frank the Big standing O that he deserves. I will never forget what he did in his first 7 years. I will never forget playing baseball in my back yard pretending to be him. I will never forget playing 'Frank Thomas Big HUrt Baseball' for super nintendo. As a kid in little league Frank was the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I will applaud and give Frank the ovation he derserves for his contribution to the White Sox. If you didn't like Frank. Sat seated. But don't "Boo". BTW, the difference between tonight and the night Jim Thome returned to Cleveland is the Sox have put together a video tribute and more for tonights game in honor of Frank. Cleveland did nothing for Thome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 its unfortunate. of course frank should be cheered, but he will be booed by the "fans" that just hopped on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettysburg32 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Jordan4life has it exactly right. Would Frank have been better off keeping his mouth closed on a couple occasions? yes, obviously. No one should question his effort, loyalty and obviously, the numbers, Frank gave to the Sox during his 16-year Sox career. Frank Thomas will be a Hall of Famer and he will be a White Sox Hall of Famer. I look at it this way, is Jim Thome a Hall of Fame player, not yet, but he probably will be once he gets 500+ HRs. Thome played 11 seasons with Cleveland (the first 3 as a bench/platoon player). Both guys should've been told to shut up a couple times. Sox fans booing Thomas would be worse than the Indian fans who booed Thome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'll cheer loudly for Frank his first time up on Wednesday, but after that I think I'll be quiet when he's announced. He definitely deserves applause from Sox fans for his accomplishments in a Sox uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Should be a great crowd. I could only get single tickets online. So it should be a sellout...with maybe some people standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 21, 2006 -> 03:32 PM) Difference between Thome and Thomas. Thome didn't rip his organization and he didn't constantly whine to the media about money. Thome is a class act and an outstanding ball player. Big Skirt is a washed up, loudmouthed jackass who can't do anything but run his damn mouth anymore. Shoulda hung it up 2 years ago. Does that really negate all the things he did for this organization. Bringing new fans to the team with his utter domination in the 90's. He was the white sox for many years, and anyone who boos him is a piece of s*** IMO. QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 21, 2006 -> 11:06 PM) Frank and AJ hanging out, scary. Frank and Garland hanging out, awkward. Big Frank was known to hang out with Rowand in the offseason and train as well. Oh, and another thing that people seem to forget is that Ozzie "the savior" Guillen bashed the sox when he left too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 22, 2006 -> 11:14 AM) Oh, and another thing that people seem to forget is that Ozzie "the savior" Guillen bashed the sox when he left too. Bashed the fans... something Frank has never done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitem0nkey Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 When frank Thomas will come as an Oakland player I made sure to get a ticket so that seat will be one with a fan cheering during the starting line up and first at bat. Cause I will not forget franks numbers and contribution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I would love to see the media comparing the Thomas fan reaction to the Thome fan reaction, with the former characterized as "classy". God forbid Sox fans are seen as stooping to the level of tribe fans. What happened to Thome was shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrndrBall1 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 21, 2006 -> 03:42 PM) I'd just suggest that the people that feel the need to boo to not show or not do anything at all when he was up to bat. They'll just look as stupid as they perceive Frank to be, if they do otherwise. I agree. Thomas played with the Sox for about 15 years and he put up some good numbers. BA: .307 , HR:448, RBI: 1465 etc. I think Thomas deserves a standing O. I mean C'mon you'd be pissed off if you had to leave the team you were with for your whole career. Give him the standing O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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