As long as it wasnt Jeff Nelson pitching, Id be more than comfortable having Frank bat instead of Mantle if I had only 1of them to choose from.

Frank Thomas Career OPS: .974

Mickey Mantle Career OPS: .977


If the person said Offensively, they arent that far off

You realize that the offensive numbers of those two eras are completely different, right?

-Thomas is on a short list of players who have hit 500 home runs while maintaining a career .300 batting average (joining Hall-of-Famers: Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and later joined by Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez)

-Thomas is also on a short list of players to hit 500 career home runs and accrue at least 1600 bases on balls. The others are: Babe Ruth, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, and Barry Bonds.

-Thomas's level of play, as supported by his statistics through the 1990s was remarkable. Using the sabermetrics statistical device known as Runs Created, Thomas was the most dominant hitter of this decade.

-Thomas established a major league record in the 1990s, with seven straight seasons where he exceeded .300 in batting average, drew more than 100 walks, scored over 100 runs, and hit more than 20 home runs. Thomas broke the record of five consecutive seasons at this level of excellence, established by the legendary Ted Williams in the 1940s.

Let me see Mantle get a ball out of the infield against Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens. Then we'll talk about this apparent chasm of difference.

Frank Thomas's liver is certainly better than both of Mantle's were.

Currently, Frank Thomas serves as CEO and Founder of W2W Records, a record label based in Las Vegas, NV. Over the past decade, music production and the development of artists has been a passion Thomas pursued primarily in the off-season. As a result of his February 2010 retirement from baseball, Thomas assumed both full-time creative direction and management of W2W Records operations. The label presently has four artists signed: Tampa Bay Rap artist, Swerv, renowned Harlem-based Rap artist Cardan, pop vocalist Bonnie Marie and BelleVoxx; a female pop trio consisting of Denisse Lara, Harmony Moniz and Raquel Houghton that Thomas personally developed and produced. BelleVoxx debuted their first single, Looking For Love, on October 12, 2010.

This is like when a mental patient insists that he is Napoleon. It is counterproductive to argue with him. In fact, it might be dangerous to your well being.

Sometimes you just have to grit your teeth, smile, and say "Yes, Emperor."

The nut.

I did not know either of those two brothers were kosher. Oy Vey!

Someone said Frank Thomas is as good as Mickey Mantle if not better.

http://score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=75155&start=100

Mantle would have never been able to play a skill position in the sec.

Keep in mind Frank had to play against African Americans.

Keep in mind Frank had to play against African Americans.