After the White Sox called up top prospects Frank Thomas and Alex Fernandez from Double-A Birmingham in August of 1990, I asked general manager Larry Himes if he felt as though he was taking a huge risk relying on the kids during a tight divisional race with the A’s.
Himes laughed and replied: “I told my wife the other day, ‘I’m walking a very fine line. If these guys come up here and fall off the table, it’s ‘Everyone lynch Larry.’
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