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Morning Constitutional: Hey, Links!
The Sporting Blog —
We're having a worse day than LeBron*, so here are some links. Click on them: VIDEO: Rick Ankiel has a Cannon | Bugs and Cranks: Tonight's The Night | Capital Punishment NFL Live Weighs-In On The Matt Leinart Pics | AA Thomas belongs in this year's All-Star Game | Big League Stew Having Fun With Passed Out Brewers Fan | Busted Coverage LeBron's worst days are probably better than our best days, so perhaps this is a bad comparison.
Big League Stew: Why Frank Thomas belongs in this year’s All-Star Game
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Big League Stew: Why Frank Thomas belongs in this year’s All-Star Game “Send the Big Hurt to the Big Apple”...(inabigspotinabiggame.dietcoke) Thomas’ on-the-field accomplishments, of course, would alone deserve such a career honor. He won the AL MVP in both 1993 and ‘94 and might have been awarded a third in 2000 if Jason Giambi hadn’t been juicing. As of this writing, he has a .302 career average and 516 home runs. He was the first player to hit over .300, score 100 runs, drive in over 100 RBI and take over 100 walks in seven straight seasons. Ask yourself this question: Were ...
Does Frank Thomas Deserve a Spot in the All-Star Game?
FanHouse —
... I say that in response to a very well argued piece on Big League Stew today by Kevin Kaduk. He brings up the Big Hurt's long absence from the game, 1997 was his last trip, and his place in the firmament of baseball's great hitters but focuses the argument on rewarding him for being the rare voice against steroids in baseball. ...
Does Frank Thomas Deserve a Spot in the All-Star Game?
FanHouse —
... I say that in response to a very well argued piece on Big League Stew today by Kevin Kaduk. He brings up the Big Hurt's long absence from the game, 1997 was his last trip, and his place in the firmament of baseball's great hitters but focuses the argument on rewarding him for being the rare voice against steroids in baseball. ...
Throwing it around
Diamond Hoggers —
... -We're leading it off strong. Why the Big Hurt deserves to be at this year's All-Star Game. [Y! Sports Big League Stew] ...
Baseball Today: Thursday, May 8
Projo Sox Blog —
... MAKE IT, HURT: Partly as a lifetime achievement award and partly because he was the only major-leaguer to voluntarily cooperate with the Mitchell investigation, the blog Big League Stew is starting a campaign to get Frank Thomas named to the A.L. All-Star team. ...
