Frank Thomas on Baseball Hall of Fame, PED Users

You were one of the first people purchase a pioneer of speaking out against PDS back in your day and you still do to this day. But you’ve also been quoted as saying, you know what there’s people that I play to played with played against I know for a fact did do stuff there in the Hall of Fame. So you might as well let the other players are they’re linked in the Hall of Fame when do you think we’re finally at the likes of say Roger Clemens Barry Bonds guys. I have been linked to peds in the Hall of Fame. We talked about this. Like people have got so consumed with it over the last twenty years.

It’s like it’s got it in sometime. I mean, basically baseball did everything possible to clean it up, but you just need a matte type of carrot the money-wise guys gonna make mistakes, you know, guys didn’t grow up rich, you know, guys want to be rich. So, you got to hold people accountable for that. But you know, I’m not one of these people don’t hold grudges for the rest of my life because guys make mistakes long as I clean it up and admit to it. I got no problem with it your former MVP Mo Vaughn a former MVP very few people can call themselves that and their respective sports.

He used to subscribe what it’s like to attain that achievement and to be the most valuable player in the entire league. It’s great, but I was so happy when he won it because you know, that’s the type of they said, we’ve always had. And if somebody’s gonna beat you for an MVP it had to be move on. And I won first guys are called naturally congratulating and you’re all seen iconic player in Chicago. You also have a World Series ring you’re in the Hall of Fame not everybody gets to have all those things if you could start out your career again in a magic gene.

You said, okay, okay Frank you can either have a Hall of Fame career or be a part of a World Series winning team. What would you pick. I think most Hall of Famers get to experience a ring, but I would definitely want the ring. Yeah, that you play to win every day the Hall of Fame is just something no one sets out today? I want to be a Hall of Famer you figured that type of thing out like 1012 years into the league when you look at your numbers and compare yourself to the other Greeks that’s when that type of talk starts. But coming in the league for the first decade.

You’re all about winning that ring. So, I think the ring is first Hall of Fame is secondary when you become great at something they say we become great. It’s almost to the point where you make it look easy whether you’re on TV or being a great baseball player, what would you say in both as baseball media. And as a great baseball player are the biggest misconception something that you coming into it. You didn’t realize like, oh man. I really gotta just to get to that highest level. It’s hard work, you know, I was the first to come alas leaving baseball where I put my hours in and now on TV.

I do the same thing you have to do your homework, you have to watch. I watch baseball 24/7 because you have to keep up and when you’re gonna TV, you got to be able to say yeah. I saw that, you know, you don’t want people bringing things to you that you didn’t, you know you missed out on and try to talk about it on TV when you’re not watching baseball 24/7, let’s just say it’s the offseason you what you want to get away. You even even I’m sure big hurt use a break from baseball time. What’s your favorite way to decompress and chill out young kids.

So I get involve their life. And I’ve been blessed I have six kids and running from the age of 26 to two and a half. So they keep me young they really keep it young my 26 year old trying to control my life the young ones are always trying to, you know, make me do things. So I stay young I try to get all the rest I can because you know, I started over again with a young family and I’m proud of that because it keeps me busy and keep me active.