Frank Thomas the latest legend left out in the cold
When they got out of bed on Monday morning, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas might very well have felt like getting all dressed up to go to work, but none had anyplace to go. They had gone from legends to lepers.
Not a one of them — four gargantuan figures of the national pastime, virtually certifiable Hall of Famers — had officially quit playing the game of baseball, yet not a one woke up on Monday as a member of a major-league team.
Shunned. Blackballed from baseball, after a fashion, in at least three of their cases.
chicagosports.com
4/22/08
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