Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Frank Thomas spent 16 seasons rewriting the Chicago White Sox's record books. He will now have a chance to write at least a few chapters for the A's. Oakland on Wednesday afternoon announced a one-year agreement with the 37-year-old slugger, hoping he can still put a Big Hurt on the rest of the American League. Cast adrift by the World Series champion White Sox, to whom he could offer little help during another injury-curtailed 2005 campaign, Thomas has found a believer in his recovery in Oakland general manager Billy Beane. Beane had spent most of this month monitoring Thomas' gradual return to baseball-related activities. The progress apparently convinced him this was a move worth making. Thomas becomes an older, more experienced update on Erubiel Durazo, whom the A's turned away after his own injury-limited tenure in Oakland. Durazo and Scott Hatteberg, who also departed as a free agent, split the majority of DH duties last season. Durazo also backed up at first base, and Thomas now becomes the reserve behind first baseman Dan Johnson. Various leg injuries have limited Thomas to a total of 108 games the last two seasons. A left-ankle stress fracture ended his 2004 season in July, and he didn't rejoin the White Sox until the end of last May. Two months after his return, he again was sidelined by pain in the ankle, days later diagnosed as another fracture. Thomas, a former tight end at Auburn University who often carries as much as 260 pounds on his 6-foot-5 frame, must constantly watch his weight, which can contribute to the stress on his legs. Despite adding to his totals only modestly since 2003, Thomas left the Windy City as the White Sox's all-time leader in several offensive categories, including homers (448), RBIs (1,465) and runs (1,327). Thomas has already cemented his role in Major League history: He currently is one of only 10 men with a .300 career batting average, 400 home runs, 1,000 RBIs, 1,000 runs and 1,000 walks. Eight of those are in the Hall of Fame. No. 9 is a guy who does his damage across The Bay.</div>http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article...e2005&fext=.jspP.S. KyleOrton18, please leave your nonsense out of this.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's I cant believe this,why wouldnt you retire on a great year after winning the world series.What an idiot.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's He was treated like shit by the White Sox throughout his career and now he wants to stick it to them.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's Then he should've came to Minnesota to play them like 18-20 times a season.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 25 2006, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was treated like shit by the White Sox throughout his career and now he wants to stick it to them.</div>Stop your shit with Frank Thomas now!!!
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 25 2006, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was treated like shit by the White Sox throughout his career and now he wants to stick it to them.</div>Exactly how was he treated like shit? The White Sox should have gotten rid of him a few years ago and they stuck by him.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jan 25 2006, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Then he should've came to Minnesota to play them like 18-20 times a season.</div>The Twins weren't interested in him.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 26 2006, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 25 2006, 07:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was treated like shit by the White Sox throughout his career and now he wants to stick it to them.</div>Exactly how was he treated like shit? The White Sox should have gotten rid of him a few years ago and they stuck by him.</div>They underpaid him, they always said he was a negative influence, and they tried to say his injury was more serious than it actually was, the same thing they did with Magglio last year. The Sux always treat good players and managers like shit in their contract years: Ozzie Guillen (as a player), Magglio, Carlos Lee, Terry Bevington, Carlton Fisk to name a few. There's a reason why Jay Mariotti and I rip on the White Sox like lunatics, and why we will soon form an unstopable 1-2 punch against the White Sox.Here is Ozzie's rant on the Ordonez contact saga:''He's playing with fire,'' Guillen said. ''I'm not afraid of him. I have nothing to apologize to him for. I have nothing to do with Magglio wearing the Detroit Tigers uniform. Every time he played for me, he played good, but if he thinks I'm his enemy or I have something against him, that's up to him.''?Magglio is full of shit,'' Guillen said. ''Apologize to who? I don't have to apologize to anybody because, first of all, he's the first one to name me. He said I was pushing him to play [last season], and I was responsible. Don't make me feel like I was the bad guy in this.''''He never was my friend because I don't know him,'' Guillen said. ''If he thinks what I said hurt him, I don't give a shit. I didn't come here to make friends, I came here to win games. I've got a lot of friends. If Magglio doesn't want to be my friend, I'm not going to lose sleep at night.''''He's a piece of shit,'' Guillen said. ''He's another Venezuelan motherfucker. Fuck him. He thinks he's got an enemy? No, he's got a big one. He knows I can fuck him over in a lot of different ways.''He better shut the fuck up and just play for the Detroit Tigers. Why do I have to go over and even apologize to him? Who the fuck is Magglio Ordonez? What did he ever do for me? He didn't do shit for me. But he said I'm his enemy -- he knows me. Tell him he knows me, and he can take it how he wants to take it.''Did he play good for me? Yes, he did. Did he play hard for me? Yes, he did. He might like me. He might be sensitive of me. He might be jealous of me, I don't know why. But saying I'm his enemy, he hates me, I could care less what that shit thinks. I don't give a shit what he does with the rest of his life. He fucked with the wrong guy, and he knows that, too. He knows for a fact that he fucked with the wrong people.''
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's [quote name='KyleOrton18' post='25162' date='Jan 27 2006, 09:29 PM'][quote name='Brooksie5' post='24765' date='Jan 25 2006, 08:59 PM']Then he should've came to Minnesota to play them like 18-20 times a season.[/quote]The Twins weren't interested in him.[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='24828' date='Jan 26 2006, 05:24 PM'][quote name='KyleOrton18' post='24752' date='Jan 25 2006, 07:36 PM']He was treated like shit by the White Sox throughout his career and now he wants to stick it to them.[/quote]Exactly how was he treated like shit? The White Sox should have gotten rid of him a few years ago and they stuck by him.[/quote]They underpaid him, they always said he was a negative influence, and they tried to say his injury was more serious than it actually was, the same thing they did with Magglio last year. The Sux always treat good players and managers like shit in their contract years: Ozzie Guillen (as a player), Magglio, Carlos Lee, Terry Bevington, Carlton Fisk to name a few. There's a reason why Jay Mariotti and I rip on the White Sox like lunatics, and why we will soon form an unstopable 1-2 punch against the White Sox.Here is Ozzie's rant on the Ordonez contact saga:''He's playing with fire,'' Guillen said. ''I'm not afraid of him. I have nothing to apologize to him for. I have nothing to do with Magglio wearing the Detroit Tigers uniform. Every time he played for me, he played good, but if he thinks I'm his enemy or I have something against him, that's up to him.''?Magglio is full of shit,'' Guillen said. ''Apologize to who? I don't have to apologize to anybody because, first of all, he's the first one to name me. He said I was pushing him to play [last season], and I was responsible. Don't make me feel like I was the bad guy in this.''''He never was my friend because I don't know him,'' Guillen said. ''If he thinks what I said hurt him, I don't give a shit. I didn't come here to make friends, I came here to win games. I've got a lot of friends. If Magglio doesn't want to be my friend, I'm not going to lose sleep at night.''''He's a piece of shit,'' Guillen said. ''He's another Venezuelan motherfucker. Fuck him. He thinks he's got an enemy? No, he's got a big one. He knows I can fuck him over in a lot of different ways.''He better shut the fuck up and just play for the Detroit Tigers. Why do I have to go over and even apologize to him? Who the fuck is Magglio Ordonez? What did he ever do for me? He didn't do shit for me. But he said I'm his enemy -- he knows me. Tell him he knows me, and he can take it how he wants to take it.''Did he play good for me? Yes, he did. Did he play hard for me? Yes, he did. He might like me. He might be sensitive of me. He might be jealous of me, I don't know why. But saying I'm his enemy, he hates me, I could care less what that shit thinks. I don't give a shit what he does with the rest of his life. He fucked with the wrong guy, and he knows that, too. He knows for a fact that he fucked with the wrong people.''[/quote]You and Mariotti will make a great couple someday
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's Yup. We will form a dynamic duo. We will be unstopable. We're the Alan Keyes of sports writing. (For those of you who don't know, Alan Keyes is that crazy guy who ran against Obama for senator. Gave Hillary Clinton hell for running from New Yrok when she's from there, yet this guy is from Maryland. He also kicked his daughter out of the house and refused to pay for her college, b/c she's lesbain.)
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KyleOrton18 @ Jan 27 2006, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yup. We will form a dynamic duo. We will be unstopable. We're the Alan Keyes of sports writing. (For those of you who don't know, Alan Keyes is that crazy guy who ran against Obama for senator. Gave Hillary Clinton hell for running from New Yrok when she's from there, yet this guy is from Maryland. He also kicked his daughter out of the house and refused to pay for her college, b/c she's lesbain.)</div>Ugh. Dont remind me.I lost respect for every person over 21 or so here that let Hillary Clinton actually Win.
Re: Frank Thomas signs with A's I was just pointing out that Alan Keyes is a hypocrite. Outside of Illini, no one knows about this guy
