Even at this time his career, people stop to watch him come to the plate. I know I have. |
For us, it was an opportunity to add a player without subtracting a player. Our history here, usually we're trading a player to acquire a player. |
Frank believes he'll be ready in spring training. There was a real sense of determination in talking to him. |
Frank felt great. Frank believes he'll be ready in spring training. |
Frank Thomas is a presence. Not only would he be our type of offensive player, he would be everybody's type of offensive player. ... If Frank is healthy, he's been good against everybody. |
Frank was pretty direct that this is where he wanted to go. He wanted to be in the right situation with the right club, so it wasn't really that difficult putting [a deal] together. |
Gosh, he's been a part of every major decision we've made since he came over here (in 2001). The better question is, what hasn't he done? |
Having too many players that deserve to play is not a bad problem to have. We've certainly been on the other side of it. We've never been a club that's had a tremendous amount of depth. (Trading a player) is not something that's on our list to do. |
He is one of the greatest offensive players of his generation. He is nirvana for us as far as what we look for in an offensive player. |
He underwent a number of stress tests, very strenuous, and Frank felt great. He has a very good chance of being ready in April. He believes he'll be ready in Spring Training, we're just taking a conservative approach mentally. |
He's happy to be here. And he's quick to smile. |
I don't think there's any question, ... that we need Jermaine to be his old self. |
I don't view having too many good players as a problem. |
I had a nice little conversation with him. He seems happy to be here, quick to smile. |
I hope not. There will be very few winters we say, 'We're set.' There's always decisions to make. That said, it probably won't be as dramatic as last off-season. |