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Big Hurt has eyes for White Sox
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08:11 AM ET 10.07 | True to what he'd hoped, Ken Williams moved swiftly in finding a new manger, who will now have to round out his staff. Robin Ventura often watched from the on-deck circle while Frank Thomas hit line drives over the Comiskey Park walls or sprayed base hits into right field grass all over the American League. Was he impressed enough by the Big Hurt to add the former Sox slugger to his coaching staff -- possibly as the next hitting coach? Or the better question: would Thomas accept a possible job offer? "Interesting. I haven't had a chance to think about anything yet," Thomas said on Chicago Tribune Live Thursday afternoon. "Robin's one of my best friends in life and I'll definitely listen."
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For Your Eyes Only, Bro.
I Love LA
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Well putting in the old fan favorites would certainly mend some fences with the more superficial White Sox fans... But to the diehard probably wont care who they hire if they can actually get the team to consistantly hit...
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Fort Wayne , IN
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Thomas would be a good hitting coach.
.ChiSoxFan.
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I'm sure hiring a future first ballot HoFer wouldn't hurt as hitting coach.
.ChiSoxFan.
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Considering he's probably the best pure hitter to ever play for the ChiSox, I'd have to agree.
h2opololpunk
Gainesville, FL
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Thomas is all about "ME" Syndrome. Not an upgrade in Chi Town.
B.R.
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LOL!
No- of course it wouldnt brother.
But can he coach? Because not many can
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Fort Wayne , IN
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I disagree, but saying something like that means you probably know him personally, right?
.ChiSoxFan.
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Ventura? Never even knew he was in the mix much less a front runner, but whatever works.
Flea Biscuit
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Whats the addage- "those who can't, teach."
Cause I dont think anyone can say Hurt couldnt hit.
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Fort Wayne , IN
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You know Hurt was Verlanders hero- so much so when he looked at the numbers availible to him as a Tiger, he chose Hurts because he looked up to him so much. Just a lil fun fact.
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Fort Wayne , IN
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Interesting. Did not know that.
.ChiSoxFan.
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Neither did I. That's an iteresting tid-bit.
h2opololpunk
Gainesville, FL
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Meh- just something to throw out there...
Kinda hung over...
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Fort Wayne , IN
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haha nice
.ChiSoxFan.
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If he could teach his approach to hitting to Adam Dunn, that alone would be worth a shot.
Home Theater Guy
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Good point...a lot of these guys that can do it don't necessarily understand why what they do works.
Ted Williams was an obsessive student of hitting and was an excellent, if overbearing, hitting coach, by all accounts. Teammates of Musial who asked him about hitting would get tips about controlling the strike zone, not mechanics. I can't imagine DiMaggio or Ruth teaching others how to hit, everything I've read about them suggests to me that they would just say to hit the damm ball hard.
Hellborn
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Ditto. Coming to work this morning sucks.
h2opololpunk
Gainesville, FL
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Dude- I didnt expect to win that game.
No one expected us to win the game. I expected watch a contentious game. So me and the guys got HAMMERED before the first pitch! And then after we were winning- well, I guess we were afraid to jinx it and stop drinking soooo-yeah. I'm freaking struggling...
Anyone else watch the game and see the Yankees bullpen offering up more pitchers and throwing them out there more often than a fracking All Star game? My god- we had to make a drinking game out of it.
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Fort Wayne , IN
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You make a good point, but how will we ever know if Thomas can coach if he doesn't get a chance? I think it's worth a shot for the Sox. Maybe he can teach Adam Dunn how to hit again.
h2opololpunk
Gainesville, FL
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