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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:23 am | |
| Clete Thomas OF AA
Full Name: Michael Clete Thomas Born: November 14,1983 in Lynn Haven, Florida Height: 5-11 Weight: 195 Bats: Left Throws: Right College: Auburn University
Drafted: Selected by Detroit Tigers in 6th Round (180th overall) of 2005 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:24 am | |
| The future Granderson? | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:40 am | |
| 30 seconds with Clete Thomas Lynn Henning / The Detroit News
Q. You were a sixth-round draft pick out of Auburn three years ago who has always been described as a "gamer" by the Tigers development people. Jim Leyland (Tigers manager) paid you a similar compliment the other day. What does "gamer" mean to a 24-year-old outfielder?
A. Just going out every day and busting your tail, trying to do whatever you can do to win a game.
Q. You have had a fine camp, and although your batting average hasn't been great (.167), you've been hitting the ball hard. What will it take to get to the next level?
A. Just continue to cut down on my strikeouts and to swing at better pitches. I've got to do whatever I can to improve everywhere.
Q. What have you noticed about your first big league camp? What has been the biggest difference and biggest highlight?
A. They're more consistent with their pitches up here. Instead of two pitches, they've got three they can throw on any count.
Q. What was your major at Auburn?
A. Criminology. They told me to pick a major so I picked that. But I don't think that's what I want to do if this (baseball) doesn't work out.
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:09 pm | |
| Rookie of the Year | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:12 pm | |
| at least! Savior of the Tigers for now! | |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 57424 Age : 64 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : JV, Hunter, Jackson, Porcello, Avila (really ALL of em!) Reputation : 20 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:15 pm | |
| A star in the Making | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 27687 Age : 45 Location : Trashy Park Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Dontrelle Willis, Brandon Inge, Maggs, Verlander, Granderson, Pudge and Todd Jones Reputation : 9 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:23 pm | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:40 pm | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:49 pm | |
| what happens when grandy gets back though??? | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:54 pm | |
| Grandy will go back to his original spot...then he (Leyland) will have to decide what to do with Clete. | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:56 pm | |
| left.... | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:59 pm | |
| Well, you have Jones and Thames there too. | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:00 pm | |
| yeah, but if you look at it, he's more effective than both of them combined | |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 57424 Age : 64 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : JV, Hunter, Jackson, Porcello, Avila (really ALL of em!) Reputation : 20 Registration date : 2007-10-05
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:15 pm | |
| just watch him get injured now! | |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 57424 Age : 64 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : JV, Hunter, Jackson, Porcello, Avila (really ALL of em!) Reputation : 20 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:17 pm | |
| - laprimamirala wrote:
- just watch him get injured now!
Shut yo mouth.... don't even think it!!!!!! | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:19 pm | |
| lol, why would you want to jynx our most effective player lap??? what is your problem lol jk | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:34 pm | |
| not trying for a jinx! It seems to be all too common on this team! | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 30 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:43 pm | |
| lol well u just have plenty of faith
o yeah, i was watching sportscenter this morning and one of the guys said that verlander was gonna have a great day, and he said maggs NEEDED to... | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:20 pm | |
| I even prayed for Maggs in church today! Sheesh! | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:46 am | |
| Q & A with rookie Clete Thomas Thomas hates cold and most vegetables Joanne C. Gerstner / The Detroit News In the on-deck circle with Tigers rookie outfielder Clete Thomas:
Q . Coldest weather you've ever played baseball in?
A . Hmm. I'd have go back and check the temperatures, but there were some games we played last year in Erie (Tigers' Double-A team) that were horrible. Like in the 30s. Coldest I've ever been.
Q . You're a good Southern boy, so you can't handle the cold?
A . Exactly. I can't stand cold weather at all.
Q . Food you won't eat?
A . Anything green. I don't like salad or anything vegetable.
Q . No broccoli, no asparagus, no green beans?
A . I'll eat green beans. And that's it. I eat meat and potatoes.
Q . You're getting extra meal money now that you're in the majors (a jump from $20 per day in Double-A to around $85). What are you going to do with it?
A . It's going to be nice for my wife (Susie) and I, we won't have to scrape through a season anymore. In the minor leagues, the salary was really rough. It's just going to be nice to have a regular salary and live a little bit now. Before, we've had to scrimp and save everywhere to get by. We had to work hard in the offseason to make ends meet.
Q . What did you do?
A . I was helping my father-in-law with stuff, acting like his maintenance man. I was clearing out properties, fixing stuff, working hard. Susie was working hard, too.
Q . People on the outside don't realize that until you make it in the majors, most players have offseason jobs.
A . Totally. And if you don't make it, you've put yourself in such a financial hole, you're in trouble. And if you're waiting to make it, you're scraping by season to season.
Q . Last book you read?
A . It was the "Last Flag Down," a Civil War book about the Confederate Navy.
Q . Are you into history? The Civil War?
A . I'm really into the Civil War. I've read some books about it, and I've tried to research if my family had any relatives fighting for the Confederates. I want to go see the battlefields and significant sites from the war.
Q . Have you found any relatives?
A . I actually did, there are a few relatives. There was one guy who got his shoe shot off. He lived.
Q . Are you neat or messy?
A . For sure messy, just ask Susie. I am leaving stuff all over the place, and she's telling me to pick it up. It was the same way when I was a kid. I had a messy room, and my mom was telling me to pick my stuff off the floor. So I guess I go from my mom being mad to now my wife being mad.
Q . There is a pattern here.
A . I know it. And it comes from me being messy. | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 22295 Age : 36 Location : Paso Robles, California Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Justin Verlander Reputation : 17 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:56 am | |
| Green beans? That's like the worst vegetable they make! And he's not illiterate | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:24 pm | |
| didn't even know he wuz married! | |
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mrsrabelo Erie SeaWolf
Number of posts : 2284 Age : 32 Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Jeff Larish | Fish: Mike Rabelo | Rockie: Jason Grilli | Bullpen catcher: Scott Pickens Reputation : 0 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:43 pm | |
| So we were at the game yesterday and this little kid comes running out onto the field. He was adorable, turns out it was Clete's son. I will post some pictures when I put them on my computer. It was adorable. After a little while I guess he got bored and Clete walked him back to the clubhouse. *aww* | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:17 pm | |
| geez! this guy is all set up! wife! kid! and not even 25 yet?? | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 27687 Age : 45 Location : Trashy Park Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Dontrelle Willis, Brandon Inge, Maggs, Verlander, Granderson, Pudge and Todd Jones Reputation : 9 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:57 pm | |
| And all kids got to run the bases! What few where left! I went to the restroom [ as kids were starting to line up down the right field line] Took a whiz; Then talked with the attendant[ cleaning up the restroom for a couple minutes;
I came back out [ on the concourse] and it was all over!
The last of the kids and parents were walking up the steps [ on the third base side, heading for the concourse | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:17 pm | |
| I should've been there to run the bases! they probably would've let me! | |
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iluvpudge7 Erie SeaWolf
Number of posts : 2194 Location : MI :) Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Not sure yet... Reputation : 0 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:47 am | |
| - laprimamirala wrote:
- geez! this guy is all set up! wife! kid! and not even 25 yet??
Dang, I was immature as hell when I was 24!!! I'm still immature as hell!!! | |
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iluvpudge7 Erie SeaWolf
Number of posts : 2194 Location : MI :) Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Not sure yet... Reputation : 0 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Clete Thomas TRACKER Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:50 am | |
| - gs78 wrote:
- And all kids got to run the bases! What few where left!
I went to the restroom [ as kids were starting to line up down the right field line] Took a whiz; Then talked with the attendant[ cleaning up the restroom for a couple minutes;
I came back out [ on the concourse] and it was all over!
The last of the kids and parents were walking up the steps [ on the third base side, heading for the concourse Glad to know you took a whiz GS | |
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laprimamirala Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 14194 Age : 62 Location : SE Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Magglio........:) Reputation : 11 Registration date : 2007-10-29
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