AMERICAN LEAGUE: INSIDE THE A.L.: THOMAS BECOMES THE BIG CURT.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). - Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. designated hitter/first baseman/whiner Frank Thomas Frank Thomas may refer to:
lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the press again - ever. Good, because now the public won't have to hear Thomas whine and complain about things such as his $9 million salary not being enough, which he did last year when he walked out of spring training. With just one hit in his past 22 at-bats, the Big Sulk was benched the final three games before the All-Star break. Teammate Paul Konerko criticized him for showing up late to Comiskey Park for last Sunday's game, and Thomas said he wouldn't try to block a trade. ``If a guy is disgruntled dis·grun·tle tr.v. dis·grun·tled, dis·grun·tling, dis·grun·tles To make discontented. [dis- + gruntle, to grumble (from Middle English gruntelen; see and kind of affecting the way the clubhouse is, yeah, get rid of him,'' Konerko said. ``The object is to have everybody pulling in the same direction. Why would you ever want to have one person who is not full-blown for the team all the time? That's just common sense.'' White Sox manager Jerry Manuel, though, seems to think all the attention created by Thomas' shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] will help the team in the long run. ``The guys really rallied back from all the controversy and adversity that we went through during the break,'' he said. ``It was a good feeling, because you can really feel them pulling for each other.'' And besides, there are those who say this is the same Thomas as the Thomas years ago when he was an MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . ``It's the same issues that have been part of Frank's deal for years and years,'' former White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell told the Chicago Sun-Times. ``In recent years, it's just coming out more and more. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if he ever got what being the best kind of teammate was all about, being a leader. A lot of guys fall into that.'' Despite their problems, the White Sox still have an outside shot to win the AL Central because it's the worst division in baseball. They entered play Saturday trailing Minnesota by 8 1/2 games. --Blackjack: McDowell, by the way, joked to the Sun-Times that his life hasn't changed that much from when he was a baseball player and part-time musician, to now, as a full-time musician with his band ``stickfigure.'' These days, his life is about ``drinking Guinness, eating pizza and jumping around on stage. When I was a player, it was about working out, drinking Guinness, eating pizza and jumping around on stage.'' --Thome wants to stay: Cleveland first baseman Jim Thome, who is the biggest name rumored to be available in a trade, said he wants to stay with the team even after the firing of manager Charlie Manuel. ``Charlie, to me, is everything,'' Thome said. ``He's meant everything to me. He's a father figure.'' |
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