RIP Frank Thomas (Outfielder from 1951-66)
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Unholy Diver
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he had a very good run with his hometown team, making a few ASG with the Pirates
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hotcabbagesoup
why u guys want Celebrini, he played like a weenie
Whoa.
I thought it was the other Frank Thomas, the Big Hurt. The Big Hurt is still so young and I loved him as a player.
RIP Frank Thomas.
I thought it was the other Frank Thomas, the Big Hurt. The Big Hurt is still so young and I loved him as a player.
RIP Frank Thomas.
Vamos Rafa
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Been a baseball fan for more than half of my life and I never knew there was another Frank Thomas before the Big Hurt.
RIP.
RIP.
Unholy Diver
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This Frank Thomas was known as the "Big Donkey" and managed a few 30+ hr seasons in the cavernous Forbes Field
DaaaaB's
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I thought the same at first. Was gonna say he seems so healthy in those supplement commercials. Too bad about this Frank Thomas, at least he lived a long life. RIP
The Big Donkey, seriously?
Unholy Diver
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Ex-Pirates slugger Frank Thomas, who starred for hometown team in 1950s, dies at 93
Frank Thomas got to live a childhood dream as a Pittsburgh native who became a three-time All-Star slugger for the Pirates in the 1950s before being traded for a trio of players who helped win the 1960 World Series. One of the Pirates’ most popular players, Thomas hit 163 home
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from the article...
At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Thomas was bigger than most players of his time and was nicknamed “The Big Donkey.” He signed with the Pirates for $3,000 as an 18-year-old in 1947 and made his major-league debut in 1951, playing 39 games that season and six the next.
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Hmm, interesting. The Big Horse probably would've been a better nickname but I suppose being called a donkey wasn't an insult back then.Ex-Pirates slugger Frank Thomas, who starred for hometown team in 1950s, dies at 93
Frank Thomas got to live a childhood dream as a Pittsburgh native who became a three-time All-Star slugger for the Pirates in the 1950s before being traded for a trio of players who helped win the 1960 World Series. One of the Pirates’ most popular players, Thomas hit 163 home
from the article...
At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Thomas was bigger than most players of his time and was nicknamed “The Big Donkey.” He signed with the Pirates for $3,000 as an 18-year-old in 1947 and made his major-league debut in 1951, playing 39 games that season and six the next.
