Old Guys Praying For The Promised Land

BOSTON -- Frank Thomas, Ken Griffey Jr. and Jim Thome stand as diamond giants who have found more than a modicum of success on the field of play.
Between this trio of Major League Baseball royalty, posed majestically next to each other for a picture taken on a sunny Sunday morning two weekends ago at McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, bats in hand and smiles on their faces, they have made 23 All-Star appearances. They have just short of 7,200 hits, with each player surpassing 2,000, a shade below 4,500 combined walks and nearly 5,000 RBIs. To show everything hasn't quite been perfect for these legends, they also have struck out more than 5,200 times.

(We are effed. Never speak of the unspoken lust.)

2 months ago winningugly Comment 12 comments 0 recs |

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Lets get Frank somehow for the strech run.

Uribe whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

by thecip on Aug 28, 2008 8:52 PM CDT 0 recs

We already have three DH's.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 28, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

thome at third, frank at first, griff in lf, cf, and right.

Intimidation.

Uribe whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

by thecip on Aug 28, 2008 10:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Stretchers and emergency personnel at the ready

White Sox, that’s baseball.

by vince_ on Aug 29, 2008 12:42 AM CDT up 0 recs

Bring back Crazy Carl too.

He can play alongside Junior.

"god, you’re fucking stupid."
-- Larry

by SSH2005 on Aug 29, 2008 12:46 AM CDT up 0 recs

now we're talking

and our team is distressingly light on alomars

Uribe whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you."

by thecip on Aug 29, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

You're on thin fucking ice my pedigree chums, and I shall be under it when it breaks. Now, fuck off.

by MarketMaker on Aug 29, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

OK, so the nail is an Alomar (Sandy, Jr.)

Is the Hammer The Truth? Or Fred Williamson?

"I suck... the Sox don’t." reply actions 25 recs
by SSH2005 on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 AM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 29, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Frank got his ring

White Sox, that’s baseball.

by vince_ on Aug 28, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

nd how many titles have we won since?

clearly it was him, not Timo that got the Sox the title

-Jeeves Life in the Cell

by jeeves on Aug 29, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

Curse of the Hurt!

How is this team managing to not get struck by lightning? Hell, they got rid of Pablo and are still in 1st.

"I’m gonna rise up, gonna kick a little ass. Gonna kick some ass in the USA. Gonna climb a mountain, gonna sew a flag, gonna fly on an eagle. I’m gonna kick some butt, gonna drive a big truck. I’m gonna rule this world. I’m gonna kick some ass. I’m gonna rise up, gonna kick a little ass. Rock, flag, and eagle!"

by Ozzie Montana on Aug 29, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up 0 recs