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CHICAGO WHITE SOX - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 3/2/2009 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... a curve ball. In Field of Dreams there is a White Sox player in the cornfield in catchers gear. It's not Schalk. He actually tried to sue his former teammates for defrauding him in the World Series. I'm guessing he wouldn't be that pleasant to be with in the corn field. In a side note, let's all wish Brian Cooper luck in getting his Ray Schalk biography published. Here's his blog. STARTING FIRST BASEMAN FRANK THOMAS In the 1989 draft, the White Sox picked 7th while the Cubs picked 8th. ...

Happy Birthday!
Published 2/12/2009 by StatsGuru at baseballmusings.com
... It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of two great men of the 19th century. I'm sure you're all aware of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, but on that same day in 1809, Charles Darwin came into this world as well. Check out Blogging the Origin for a chapter by chapter summary of The Origin of Species, published 150 years ago. The two would lead the world to great changes in the second half of the 1800s. May 27, 1968, pales in comparison.

Rethinking Needed
Published 2/9/2009 by Chuck (noreply@blogger.com) at Ivy Chat
... Now, maybe Phil didn't articulate his point properly. Maybe Phil means Frank has the desire to get ready but is unable to get ready as renting a whole ball field and the staff to help him is prohibitively expensive. That would still be wrong. Just check out Strike Zone in Niles for a good practice venue. And their costs are very affordable, even for bankers trying to get their sons ready for little league, much less a guy with career earnings of $104,634,000. ...

Manuel Talks Manny
Published 1/27/2009 by Anthony De Rosa at Hot Foot
... “Nah, I don’t think so. I don’t have a problem with people that produce in the form and fashion that Manny Ramirez produces. We shouldn’t spend that much time in the locker room anyway. Our job is to be on the field, and Manny Ramirez has proven that he is probably one of the best right-handed hitters of our generation. To have a shot at managing him would be exciting for me. I’ve had Albert Belle, Frank Thomas, ...

2009 Poetic Interlude #3: 88 Lines About 44 Athletics
Published 1/25/2009 by monkeyball at Athletics Nation
... poetry in a crazy kind of urgency. Bobby Crosby liked to swing at anything off the outside corner. Billy's strange obsession was for ballplayers with paternal baseball roots. Huddy got shipped home to 'Lanta, that trade turned out to really suck. Dee-Bee's noggin struck the bottom, left a funny scar up top. Danny J. had far worse problems, sunscreen vertigo leprosy scurvy. Big Hurt first time hit like crazy, left the Blue Jays came back ...

Fun With Sim Scores: Big Name FA Hitters
Published 1/25/2009 by Dan Turkenkopf at Beyond the Box Score
... 893 Gary Sheffield 883 Jeff Bagwell 877 Johnny Mize 876 Frank Thomas 865 Three of the players on this list are still ...

Nomar Garciaparra
Published 11/26/2008 by Jesse at Twinkie Town
... hurrah? Last Wednesday, Jerry Crasnick over at ESPN only gave Nomah a 26% chance of playing in 2009.  He points to last winter, when a number of the game's stalwarts were unable to find jobs--guys like Kenny Lofton, Sammy Sosa and, of course, all-time home run record holder Barry Bonds.  This year's crop of veteran ambassadors to the game is no less prestigious, with the futures of Ken Griffey Jr., Frank Thomas and Moises Alou in the balance, but if any of ...

Albert Pujols vs. Frank Thomas
Published 11/20/2008 by lar@wezen.net (lar) at Wezen Ball - A Baseball Blog
(originally posted on the Bill James Online forums) This is something that I've been pondering since the start of this season, and now that Pujols was finally given his second MVP, I figured I might as well share the thought with others. Before I go on, I should state that this comparison was probably most apt one year ago, after Pujols' 7th season, but it's too late for that now. Plus, him having his second MVP award does help the comparison in one way... Frank Thomas' first full year in the majors was 1991. Albert Pujols' was 2001. So, in ...

The Jeter Meter
Published 9/30/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Here’s a random yet fun slice of the big baseball pie via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Batting Game Finder… Since 1956, players with the most games where they reached base 2+ times within the first 1,985 games of their career: Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Wade Boggs 1180 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1179 Ind. Games Rickey Henderson 1169 Ind. Games ...

Published 8/22/2008 by chris (noreply@blogger.com) at A Large Regular
... Frank Thomas - I can only hope doesn't try and hang on for one more year. If he quits after this season then he's a lock for the Class of 2014. ...

First Half vs Career - Who is doing what - Hitters
Published 7/15/2008 by John Northey at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... good news' Lyle Overbay... reasonable comeback Age 31 season, fairly healthy 269/371/399 vs career 282/363/447, OPS+ of 108 vs career 110 - loss of some power, but OBP still OK 15 GDP is a concern - his career high was 19 before this year. A nice recovery from his disaster of last year (122 games, 85 OPS+) but needs that power to return if he is to be a solid firstbaseman on a championship team Frank Thomas... so long, farewell, we hope not to see you soon Age 40 season ...

Frank Thomas Update
Published 6/19/2008 by JC at Sabernomics
... About two months ago, I was pretty hard on the Toronto Blue Jays for dumping Frank Thomas. He had gotten off to a slow start and the Jays benched him, then ultimately granted his release. Based on 72 plate appearances the Jays felt that Thomas was taking up a roster spot that could be better-used by someone else. Here is ...

Hot or Not: Do You Remember...
Published 5/27/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (John) at Fantasy Sports Experience
... The Big Hurt is playing like it's 1996 - his finest statistical season. This makes you wonder if Frank Thomas is doing everything like it's 1996. Is he really into the Spice Girls? Is he arguing with Bobby Crosby about why Independence Day is better than Twister? Fantasy owners can only hope so.  ...

The Serious Tip's Election Season Endorsements
Published 5/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jordi) at The Serious Tip
... for Carl four times, he would be a shoo-in. Outfield - B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay Rays See Justin Upton. And B.J.'s tendency to get thrown out at third absolutely needs to be seen on the national stage. Outfield - Curtis Granderson, Detroit Tigers Had a monster season last year. He's also a blogger. Wasn't even in the top 15 AL outfield vote-getters last year. Should be an all-star this year. Designated Hitter - Frank Thomas, Oakland A's Because a future Hall of Famer who was released earlier this ...

Just How Good Is Chipper Jones?
Published 5/15/2008 by Chris Dial at Baseball Analysts
... this season, and will play several more seasons. Chipper already has 940 runs. In Chipper’s decline phase, his defense may regress, but he’s going to pile up many more offensive runs. So what is a good VORP over twenty years? Griffey is number four in total VORP over the last 20 years, behind Bonds and Frank Thomas and ARod. Everyone over 800 VORP is a future hall of famer, with the exception of Rafael Palmiero. The top players: Barry Bonds Frank Thomas Ken Griffey Jr. Jeff Bagwell ...

Top 100 Baseball Players of All-Time
Published 5/5/2008 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... probably remembered as being better than he actually was. That's not to say that Gibson wasn't good. He just isn't anywhere near the top ten pitchers of all-time. He has a number of things working against him. First, his career was relatively short. He only won 251 games. Second, he had one unbelievable season surrounded by a number of good seasons. His career ERA+ of 127 shows evidence of that. Third, his career winning percentage is unremarkably low at .591. 49) Frank Thomas As hard as I tried, I could not keep the "Big Hurt" out of the top 50. In fact, ...

FIRST ONE TO .200 WINS
Published 5/2/2008 by Mark Snyders at FOOD. SHELTER. BASEBALL.
HALL OF LAME | Main May 02, 2008 FIRST ONE TO .200 WINS Thanks to going 4 for 4 last night, Jack Cust (.222) beats David Ortiz (.196), Frank Thomas (.195) and Ryan Howard (.184) past the Mendoza Line . Posted at 05:30 AM in Obscure, Etc. , Red Sox | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2509788/28702582 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference FIRST ONE TO .200 WINS : Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: (Not displayed with ...

The Sabermetric Soapbox: Hurtin’ Big
Published 4/23/2008 by Matt Mitchell at Seamheads.com
... of saying goodbye to the aforementioned pigskin icon with the knowledge that you just don’t think you’ll see him play. So now that I got my sappy personal story out of the way, and with all respect to Prof. Hoban and his section of this blog, let’s take a look at the Big Hurt’s credentials for his application to Cooperstown. The numbers It would be my column without them. Here are the key career stats (with more at the venerable baseball-reference.com): Traditional: 516 HR, .302 BA, .420 OBP, .559 SLG, 1685 ...

Aching Tigers, Hidden Ailments
Published 4/21/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
... names that are currently hanging out on the waiver wire.  Some left-handed power in the lineup would be a nice touch.  But that's just my thought.  Do you guys have any suggestions for how the Tigers might boost a hurting lineup right now? ...

BASEBALL: Not So Frank
Published 4/20/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... In fact, the Big Hurt, even having a bad year through the 19th of April, still has 3 homers and 11 walks in 16 games/60 at bats. A 4-for-35 slump is way too early to give up on a guy who batted .277/.377/.480 and drove in 95 runs last season. In 2006, Thomas was batting .178/.300/.373 on May 20, and hit .302/.408/.603 the rest of the way. ...