Sweet Home, Chicago
Franz Lidz
November 04, 2005
FAMOUSLY SHOELESS, OFT CLUELESS, NOW, PEERLESS, THE SOX HAVE A TALE LIKE NO OTHER
After substandard campaigns in '98 and '99, Thomas returned to form in 2000, and the Sox were back in the ALCS--where they got pushed aside in the series by Seattle, getting just seven runs and 17 hits, none by Thomas, in three games. Since then he has been plagued by injury; in July a left foot fracture shelved him for the rest of Chicago's championship season. That had to hurt, big.