{"id":1809544,"date":"2023-01-18T10:51:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809544"},"modified":"2023-01-18T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:53:07","slug":"original-met-frank-thomas-dead-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-met-frank-thomas-dead-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOriginal Met\u201d, Frank Thomas, Dead at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foriginal-met-frank-thomas-dead-at-93%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Frank Thomas homered for the Mets in their first two homes, the Polo Grounds and Shea Stadium, and joked last year upon accepting an invite to Old-Timers\u2019 Day that his goal was to add Citi Field to the list.<\/p>\n<p>The former outfielder, first baseman and third baseman \u2014 an \u201cOriginal Met\u201d from the franchise\u2019s inception \u2014 died Monday, the team announced. Thomas was 93 years old and lives in a Pittsburgh assisted living facility.<\/p>\n<p>In November 1961, the Milwaukee Braves traded the Niagara Falls, Ontario native. The Mets signed him in 1962 and he hit 34 homers. This club record stood until 1975, when Dave Kingman set 36 homers.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 stay with the Mets lasted into the 1964 season, when he was traded to the Phillies. He had his best years with the Pirates. With them, he was named to three All-Star teams during the 1950s. He also reached 30 homers twice. In 16 years of major league playing, he finished his career with 286 and 962 homers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-747.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-747.jpg\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-25385419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-747.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-747.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-747.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Original Met Frank Thomas was 93 when he died. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas appeared last August at Old-Timers\u2019 Day \u2014 an event the Mets reinstituted last season after a 28-year absence \u2014 in a wheelchair, after falling and breaking a bone in his neck, according to the club\u2019s director of alumni relations, Jay Horwitz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe willed himself to get to Old-Timers\u2019 Day,\u201d Horwitz said. \u201cThe morning of the game I was with him in the city with him and the other guys and he went outside the hotel and gave out autographed pictures of himself. He just loved being a part of the history of the Mets.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-746.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-746.jpg\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-25385442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-746.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-746.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/frank-thomas-746.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1000w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Former New York Mets\u2019 Frank Thomas during Old-Timers\u2019 Day ceremony in 2022\/<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Horwitz said as much as the idea to resurrect Old-Timers\u2019 Day was fan-driven, it also served to reconnect players such as Thomas with the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so glad my dad was able to go to Old-Timers\u2019 Day,\u201d Thomas\u2019 daughter, Maryanne Pacconi said. \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Thomas homered for the Mets in their first two homes, the Polo Grounds and Shea Stadium, and joked last year upon accepting an invite to Old-Timers\u2019 Day that his goal was to add Citi Field to the list. The former outfielder, first baseman and third baseman \u2014 an \u201cOriginal Met\u201d from the franchise\u2019s inception &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,3642,5988,7857,8588,3819,10215],"class_list":["post-1809544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-dead","tag-frank","tag-met","tag-original","tag-report","tag-thomas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}