Frank Thomas died on the age of 93, the New York Mets introduced on Monday.
Thomas, an authentic member of the Mets, spent three seasons with the workforce. At that point, he set a franchise single-season house run document with 34 homers in 1962. In that inaugural season for the Mets, he additionally recorded 94 RBIs and slashed .266/.329/.496. He spent 16 seasons within the main leagues enjoying for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Mets, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves and Houston Astros.
“Frank was a lifelong Pittsburgher who spent his first eight seasons with his hometown team,” the Pirates wrote on their official Twitter account. “We send our condolences to the Thomas family at this time.”
The three-time All-Star was current in final summer time’s Mets Old Timers’ Day alongside Hall of Famers Mike Piazza and Joe Torre.
“I’m so thankful that my dad was able to go to Old Timers’ Day,” Thomas’ daughter, Maryanne Pacconi mentioned. “It meant the world to him to see his old teammates. I was thrilled with how the fans greeted him. I was so happy to see him in uniform again. We will treasure those memories forever.”
Mets followers accustomed to Thomas have heard a comical story involving teammates, outfielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Chacon, through the 1962 season with the workforce.
Ashburn would yell “I got it!” when monitoring pop-ups however Chacon collided with the outfielder since he solely understood Spanish. Ashburn then realized to yell “Yo la tengo” — which means I received it — to efficiently alert Chacon in future video games.
In a later recreation, Ashburn efficiently known as off Chacon however was run over by Thomas — who didn’t perceive Spanish and wasn’t alerted of the sign change. Thomas then received up after colliding with Ashburn and mentioned “What the heck is a Yellow Tango?”
The story grew to become the inspiration for a pair artists to call their indie rock band “Yo La Tengo.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com