Frank Thomas Walk-off HR July 2, 2003 Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox 

This is the best at bat I've ever seen. Pitcher did everything correctly. Got big hurt in 0-2 hole. Went high outside, tight inside, outside outside, inside, breaking ball inside, outside, breaking inside, inside outside.... Just amazing job. People have no idea what this takes...

The Pitcher did literally everything he could. He threw some great pitches that would've punched out lesser hitters.. The Big Hurt was just different..

My Frank Thomas story... I got his Topps Rookie card of him at Auburn when I was just a kid.. I didn't look carefully at the stats on the back (I should have!) but for some reason I just had a feeling he was going to be something. So he got called up and every time I caught a Sox game on WGN, EVERY time, he went yard. One of my favorite things back then was when he'd come up and Hawk would say, "Here's Big Frank!" So he was my favorite baseball player even though I was (and still am) an A's fan. The one birthday, I got home from school. My dad left one of those plastic White Sox MLB helmets on my bed with a note inside. It said that it was also Frank Thomas' birthday. We shared the same birthday! My fandom for him was just destined! And of course, he later signed with my A's. It was one of the greatest moments of my life. He started off slow but had a fantastic season and tore it up in the playoffs. He is, and will always be, my all-time favorite baseball player. He will never be replaced.

When I was a kid in the 90s I loved Griffey but as I've gotten older I have found this massive appreciation for Frank Thomas.

We miss you on the Southside Frankie. So glad no one will ever dom the no. 35.

Blows my mind that he worked the count from 1-2 to full count while fouling off so many pitches on route to a walk off HR. Frank Thomas was incredible to watch growing up. Big Hurt was such a smart hitter in his time.

Frank Thomas had one of the greatest eyes in baseball history

I was at this game! I went nuts in the stands!

I remember watching this live. Epic at bat that I'll never forget.

Big Hurt with the perfect at-bat! Waits for his pitch, but literally any pitch he knows he can foul off to get to that pitch, he'll knock foul instead of blindly wave at or just get mesmerized by. Incredible to watch.

Wonderful to watch this great hitter remaining calm and patient, protecting the plate, until he gets the pitch he can launch --

classic big hurt moment

The most patient Hitter for a Big Man in the Big Leagues!

My favorite player when I was kid. What a legendary player!

The Big Hurt at bats like this are why the man is in the Hall Of Fame , his circular bat waggle timing mechanism before the each pitch is thrown is one of my favorites of all time.

Frank Thomas was the best hitter in the 90's! A true legend and my favorite player!

Big Hurt was also on the Auburn football team as a TE. I had a friend that had an uncle with ABC sports and we got in to watch Auburn workout the day before they played Alabama. Auburn had award winners, All Americans and numerous guys make the NFL off that team. The most impressive guy to me was Frank running go routes and catching the 30-40 yard throws over his head sometimes only using one hand! What a special athlete !

Should've just walked hin Big Hurt one of those ppl you don't test

I've been looking for this FOREVER

One of the most well rounded hitters ever. Great power, hit for avg, could work a count, and could take a walk.

This man was a hero to me during my childhood. Had his shoes, cleats, mitt, you name it. What a treat it was to watch him play. Thank you for all the wonderful memories Frank. The one and only Big Hurt.

I love those cut-off whites...

This is an amazing at-bat. Classic Big Hurt. He could hit for power and average and took lots of walks due to being very selective at the plate. He also hit good pitchers well. The only player in my generation that compares is Albert Belle.

The Hawk--miss his announcing just as much.

One of my childhood heroes growing up. It's a pleasure to watch this man bat again so many years later. Thank you for this.

He worked that pitch count.... he earned it

The Big Hurt’s eye was insane. It’s like he saw what pitch was coming like in slow motion, even though it is like .20 seconds to see the pitch

Watched this live with my dad, I'll never forget it. Vintage Big Hurt, spoiling great pitches before launching one. I remember Konerko hit a blast the previous inning to re-tie the game. He was in a year long slump, hence why Hawk played it up as a big deal for him. I wonder about the alternate universe where the Sox let Konerko go but keep Ordonez and am happy we had Paulie. I was baptized a Sox fan at birth, but 2003 was the first year I really started following the team closely and what a frustrating doozy of an introduction it was! They were pretty good, but ultimately just mid. Loaiza won 21 games, Frank hit 42hrs, one of four to hit at least 28. They won 86 games and battled the Twins all summer but dropped 3 games at the Dome that put an end to our season in agonizing fashion. I'll never forget that either! Now, I look back at 2003 as an essential experience for a baseball fan.. a near year long committment to ups and downs, joys and sorrows, hope and reality, followed by a long reckoning of what it all meant. In that moment of loosing to the Twins, it was all heartbreak; now I look at it as a character building scarring 😂

Eddie sure was a good pitcher .. just too tough to get the big hurt out sometimes.

He looks up... You can put it on the boardddd YES I miss those days

Love the Hawks call on this

The best hitter I have seen in my 65 years watching baseball.

love the follow through !!!! 🥰😱

One of the most scariest batters to face ever in a full count . Should've just walked the Big Hurt!!

Eddie just wasn't retiring him.....Didnt have an out pitch for frank

I saw Frank hit a gigantic homer at Camden Yards in 1992. I'd never seen anything like it before.

3-2 count...NOBODY wants Frank to walk. Great at bat. Classic.

Man, I miss wimpy and the hawk. I'm a Yankees fan but loved the big hurt.

It's from 2003 but sounds like a 1970s game.

Now batting for the White Sox, number 35... FRAAANNNK THOMAS!

and somehow i knew that was freaking guardado from the thumbnail. man, havent even thought about that dude in about 15+ years lol

He had the sweetest swing for a right hander. Lefties normally have a sweeter looking swing. Ken Griffey had the sweetest swing I have ever seen, moves like liquid. But for a rightie Franks swing was so , so sweet!

Frank Thomas career lifetime against Guerdado...6-11 2 HR 6 RBI .545 Genius idea to have him facing Big Hurt lmao

When a power hitter has this kind of patience there is nothing more dangerous. Speed kills but power gets the job done!

I remember this game. Also the all star game was fun and home run derby. Was in the bleachers for that.

What a beautiful technical inside out swing

Omg this came up on my suggestions and this is the day I was born Illuminati confirmed!

Good ol us cellular field I miss the big hurt

WHen it goes on that long, walk him. Are you insane? It's Frank!

He was a beast

It's Big Frank and Griffey Jr from the 90s. Nobody else, they were clean!

They should have Frank Thomas as a hidden character on Mortal Kombat! Lol

1:40 “you can put it on the board...yes” if only they knew what was to come

I was at this game. I went nuts.

sad movie don’t get me emotional and neither to puppy’s but walk off homers bring a tear to my eye every time 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That ball hit deep way back you can put it on the board yesss

Soooooo Gooooood! Nothing better!

Couldn't beat half price night at Comiskey. Upper deck seats were like $10 bucks! Good times!

Loved watching Frank Thomas. Sorry he's long gone, but happy Harrelson's not there anymore.

@smithsthoughts do you have any other footage of this game? My husband was a navy recruit sworn in with his whole unit at this game and I am trying to find a clip of that to show our kids 😊 thanks!

Than lil front door slider was super tough to lay off there. Props to him for taking that pitch.

God he had a really beautiful swing for such a giant right-handed batter.

My favorite player!!!!!

Frank wasn't a bat flipper or a guy who'd admire his blasts, so this was about as demonstrative as you'd ever see him after hitting a homer. A slight hold of pose after the swing, and trot.

Geeze what an at bat!

Eddie came off a 45 save season and frank had an MVP year. It definitely shows here

What an at bat. Fouled off how many? Then takes 3 pitches jeez. Patience pays off

This was at the time FOX Sports Chicago before it was CSN/NBC SPORTS CHICAGO

Imagine having a team that could sweep a series *cries Marinerly*

What a battle!

My man!

Valentins stache was epic

And she'll like it too 😉

Home run @ 4:40

Greatest Chicago baseball player ever

Amazing

Truly an awesome at bat and also a great pitching performance put in by Eddie Guardado who used to basically silence us. Both Frank and him did everything great Frank just beat him here. Baseball is and always will be the shit.

Remember being at this game! We just traded for Carl Everett and Roberto Alomar!

No proof or allegations of roid use…frank shuld of been THE best hitter of his generation bar none. Imo he was. Now we get to see Jose abreu , eloy, and baby frank luis Robert la pantera…and TA and grandal but the two jewels in this crown for the future…Andrew Vaughn(young Paulie konerko) and Gavin sheets(young Jim thome) all together!!! Glad frank got his ring w us he deserved it so much!

YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD......YES! Let's Go Sox! SouthSide.

This would make a great short film cinematic

A true battle, great at bat. Both did well, but Frank wins.

I miss 90s MLB.

The BIIIIIIIIG HURT!

Horrible 3-2 pitch in this situation.... I would expect nothing less than the unintentional intentional walk. Worst case scenario, he walks, best case scenario he swings at a completely unhittable ball and strikes out. Ball looked like it was dead center of the plate...why? He almost walked off just a few swings before that 😂. Man I wish Frank could've been on just another year longer with the 05 crew....

Miss the greats of mlb

Best ever

There's a picture of a man going to work and doing his job. If Frank had been a running back or wide receiver, he wouldn't have carried on like a fool every time he got in the end zone.

Always loved the Big Hurt. I grew up during his prime, and as a pitcher, ALWAYS threw to the 9big guy(#4batter)

Steady Eddie...

10 great pitches and one horrible pitch. Patience paid off.

I had forgotten that Robbie Alomar was once on the Sox.

A.J. Pierzynski behind the plate for Minnesota in the clip?

And that was against Eddie Guardado who it was one of the best relievers in the early 2000s.

Wow. Frank was a damn great hitter. He battled that junk ball pitcher for almost 5 minutes! I lost count of how many 1 and 2 pitches that guy threw before Frank worked the count full. To be honest, I would of made a pitching change after Frank hit that long foul ball on a cut fast ball. Lefties vs Frank is just a No-No. His career average vs lefties must of been well over 300

No bat flip.🍺 4:38 Bat drop.

The pitcher knew it upon release

Miss him on jays

"And trust me, she'll like it too 😏"- Nugenix commercial

What a game