James, I never road the incline, so I really can’t say what the cost was. I don’t think it was very much back then.
No, I never had to take the incline because it was on the other end from where I lived.
I never really had a favorite player while growing up. All I did was go out and play about baseball myself and didn’t worry about the Pirates and worry about what they were doing.
Baseball is big business and I remember Joe Brown (the General Manager) saying he would trade his own mother if it would help the ball club. The only resentment I had was that I was traded with a bad hand and no one ever believed me. You don’t go from 35 homers to 12 in the prime of your career unless there is something physically wrong with you.
My first major league glove that my wife had bronzed for me. I only collect baseball cards. I have a lot of memories. Hitting 3 homers in one game – hitting 6 homers in 3 consecutive games – and being involved in the first time four players hit consecutive home runs (Matthews, Aaron, Adcock and me).
Frank Thomas
"The Orignal One"
