February 21, 200323 yr For those with ESPNEWS, Frank Thomas will be having a live news conference on Saturday. Not sure what time, but it should be in the morning.
February 21, 200323 yr Interesting, he'll be talking to the media. Is he going to say he's willing to play for free, so JR can go get Beltran or something?
February 21, 200323 yr Interesting, he'll be talking to the media. Is he going to say he's willing to play for free, so JR can go get Beltran or something? Well, according to Chicago Media types, Frank will be breaking a 7 year silence with the Chicago Media on Saturday. I know Frank has brought some of this media backlash on himself, but the Chicago Media inflates Frank's silence the same way they inflate ShamME's ego. No way it has been seven years since Frank has talked to the media. With the way the Media treats him, I wish he'd stay quiet and just wallop the bejesus out of a baseball.
February 21, 200323 yr I think its 7 month's, not year's. According to Channel 7's ST report from Tucson, it's 7 years. It's number inflation in the negative column
February 21, 200323 yr Author I think its 7 month's, not year's. According to Channel 7's ST report from Tucson, it's 7 years. It's number inflation in the negative column Then Channel 7 need's to lay off the pipe, cause there's no way that could be true.
February 21, 200323 yr However long it has been since Big Frank last talked to the media, it should be very interesting. After this long drought of silence from Thomas, I am dying to hear what he has to say.
February 21, 200323 yr DONT DO IT FRANK...PLEASE DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!! christ things are going so well for the sox this off season....dont eff things up...we understand why you dont talk to the media and it doesnt bother us... DONT DO IT FRANK! !!!!
February 21, 200323 yr DONT DO IT FRANK...PLEASE DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!!! christ things are going so well for the sox this off season....dont eff things up...we understand why you dont talk to the media and it doesnt bother us... DONT DO IT FRANK! !!!! im with you baggs.. whatever it is i dont want to know.. nor do i want frank to tell it....frank is best kept away from the media.............
February 21, 200323 yr I hope he sits down, says"I'm going to rip the f***ing cover off the ball this year," stands up, and walks away.
February 21, 200323 yr hmmm. I wonder what hes got up His Sleeve. I hope the rumor that hes Retiring isnt true......
February 21, 200323 yr This is a bad idea. The possibility is VERY large that Frank will say something, the press will misquote or misinterpret it, and Frank will throw a hissyfit. This has happened before, as you all know. He'd almost be better off just pulling a Steve Carlton and stopping altogether with the press. He's waaaaaaay too sensitive of a guy, in my opinion.
February 21, 200323 yr I hope the rumor that hes Retiring isnt true...... Where have you heard this? I haven't heard or seen this discussed anywhere
February 21, 200323 yr I hope he sits down, says"I'm going to rip the f***ing cover off the ball this year," stands up, and walks away. I'd agree with the slight change of making it, as he told SI in 2000, "don't you dare question my desire" and then walk away. Unless Frank is beginning a campaign to get himself in the HOF 5 years after retirement, I see no reason for him to talk to the press now.
February 21, 200323 yr hmmm. I wonder what hes got up His Sleeve. I hope the rumor that hes Retiring isnt true...... Wow, I haven't heard that rumor, but it would shock me. By the way, welcome aboard
February 22, 200323 yr Has one of whats every year? I don't remember his press conference last year. Or the year before that. Or any other year, for that matter. Does anybody else. You've all stated what could possibly go wrong with it. Is there any way that this could be a positive?
February 22, 200323 yr Author He always has a press conference on his first or second day of ST, every year. I think i even watched the one he had last season.
February 22, 200323 yr i dont recall him saying much of anything last year.......not in a press conference type of way anyhow.......and i surely havent heard any retirement rumors..........so i would scratch that idea.........
February 22, 200323 yr Author Maybe in was in 2001, but i know i've seen a ST press conference with big Frank.
February 22, 200323 yr Maybe in was in 2001, but i know i've seen a ST press conference with big Frank. well i remember the one in 2000 when they trapped him on his way into spring training........and the one in 2001 again when they trapped him in a corner of the locker room but i hardly call that a conference..........there wasnt one last year though cause he decided in 2001 he wasnt going to talk to them anymore..........as he should keep to that decision and shut the heck up when it comes to the press... he always seems to find a way to stick his foot in his mouth........i would like to start off this spring on a good note for a change..........
February 22, 200323 yr Maybe in was in 2001, but i know i've seen a ST press conference with big Frank. He had one back in 2001 I think after his whole asking for a raise thing.
February 22, 200323 yr that wasnt a press conference though jas.. that was him being cornered in the locker room and be tormented by the media cause of the asking for a raise thing.... i actually have some of that on tape believe it or not........
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