Frank Thomas Retires: End of Era For One of Baseball’s Good-Guys

Posted: 12th February 2010 by adam biggers in MLB
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Frank "Big Hurt" Thomas will always be remembered as one of the hardest hitting Chicago White Sox in history.  Thomas had stints with the Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays, but his legacy will be that of a South Sider when he's one day enshrined into baseball's hall of fame. A player doesn't earn the moniker "Big Hurt" without reason. Thomas was big, 6'5" and 275 pounds, and legend has it that he "Sandlotted" a baseball, annihilating it with his powerful swing—ripping it to shreds. Besides being a formidable opponent for American League pitchers for close to two decades (.301 career batting average, 521 home runs), Thomas was one of baseball's good guys. Thomas campaigned for performance enhancing drug testing in Major League Baseball well before it became "en vogue." The Big H ...

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