Frank Thomas

He wants to be great.

So for little Frank, I'm coaching him daily.

Hopefully, I tell people.

Not to overhype your kid, because I'd never want to do that.

But what I'm seeing and watching him respond right now, I'm seeing this on a day-to-day basis.

I think he's got a chance to win a great one.

Well, I teach the same way I was taught.

He uses a line-to-line hitter, but he's a lefty-lefty.

That's the difference.

He'll be hitting 60% time against right-handers, 70% time against right-handers.

That's just what it is.

I wish I could have hit lefties all the time.

You're talking about the numbers I had.

I probably would have hit 360, 370 if I had left-handed hitters all the time, like a left-handed hitter against a right-hand pitcher.

Watching him hit and watch him respond, yeah, I don't think he'll be the power guy that I am, but I think he's between 30 and 40.

But I consistently looked at myself as 40 to 50.

And if they didn't give me that kryptonite inside fastball that far inside, I would have hit 50 consistently.

So I tell people now, I watch the game and I'm like, oh, these guys are complaining about a ball a little down over the plate or whatever else.

If I consistently got that ball out of the plate, there's never, you know, that little box, that little shadow box there.

I wish I could have got that ball in the box all the time for a strike.