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Big Hurt Close to Retiring

With the White Sox and Cubs set to begin their second series against each other this season at U.S. Cellular Field, former White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas is back in Chicago, but instead of playing he's now a member of the local media. The two-time AL MVP is 41 years old now but he's still open to the idea of coming...

Daily Jolt: Major League Baseball Should Listen to Ozzie Guillen, Big Papi

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.Most of the time you can ignore Ozzie Guillen. Do so at your own peril, of course. When he's not testing the boundaries of decency or making you do earmuffs like Vince Vaughn's kid in Old School, he's wildly entertaining. And if you can get by the crudeness...

From the Windup: A Dozen Questions as Hot Stove Season Starts to Wind Down

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Believe it or not, Spring Training is just one month away. It's been a long, cold winter -- at least everywhere except Philadelphia (or Florida or Southern California) -- but if you listen closely, you can practically hear the sharp...

On Deck: Oakland Won't Go Away

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchupsOakland Athletics (29-23) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (28-26) - 10:05PM Est.After a stretch of games in which the Athletics lost 9 of 11 and had fallen to only a game over .500, I thought that their surprising early season success was coming to an end....

Does Frank Thomas Deserve a Spot in the All-Star Game?

I like Frank Thomas, like him a lot. I was a teenager who devoured baseball when he hit the scene and, even though he never played a game for my team, I always dug him. His numbers, his size and his absolutely perfect nickname added up to make him one of my favorite players. My admiration for him only grew as he fought off...

Frank Thomas News From the Web

05/22/12 Police: Jonesboro teens arrested, confess to burglaries Source: Clayton News-Daily - Jonesboro GA An automatic license-tag reader that identified a stolen GMC Envoy was the break Clayton County Police needed to end a six-month burglarly spree in Jonesboro that targeted more than 20 houses in the Drake's Landing subdivision.
05/15/12 City to leave planters empty Source: The Toledo Blade Toledo is set to bloom with special events this summer, but many of the city's flower beds won't be blossoming along with them.
04/19/12 Baranek: No short hops here: âBig Hurt Beer' a hit Source: The Southtown Star Anybody who knows me knows that's a pretty natural combination during the summer.
04/17/12 In report, advocates paint grim picture of city school... Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook - Philadelphia PA Critics of school closures were not the only ones taking aim at the Bloomberg administration's education policies today.
04/17/12 SchoolBook: New Study Identifies 'Opportunity Gap' for... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Educators have long studied the achievement gap, in which black and Hispanic pupils and low-income students of all races perform at much lower levels than their white, Asian and better-off peers.