Frank Thomas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So God bless him.
Coach Ty made that decision for me.
He kept me on football scholarship.
He kept me there.
So nothing changed for me and my family.
He knew.
He loved my parents.
Nothing changed.
I just played baseball.
I had no idea what happened.
I have no idea what happened.
The man upstairs had a plan for me.
And it was going to be bigger and better than coming out of high school because I never probably would have got that growth in the minor leagues.
You know, you think about the physicality of the SEC football, being in that weight room, you know, lifting 300, 400 pounds, you know, growing up.
Baseball became very easy after playing SEC football for two and a half years.
Well, I didn't get to play with Bo, but Bo was a senior that year, and that's when he took the trip to Tampa Bay.
I was supposed to play my freshman year with Bo.
It was disappointing because I had lived in Columbus.
I used to go over and watch him all the time.
I had never seen an athlete like that, never.