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Phil Wood: Long-suffering O’s need to take a gamble
Phil Wood, The Examiner
Nov 1, 2006 5:00 AM (1140 days ago)BALTIMORE

Last January, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane rolled the dice and signed free agent DH Frank Thomas to a one-year contract. Thomas was not re-signed by the then-World Champion White Sox, largely because he had been earning $8 million a year and was coming off a season in which injuries limited him to 34 games and a .219 average.

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