pretty much.

The Royals could have handled things better, and Frank White could have not been an angry, bitter ass. There is no winner here.

Unfortunately for Frank White, if we must declare a winner, it'll be the Royals because I'm not going to go watch the T-Bones play, and he's just going to be known as a good player with a statue who 30 years from now people will go "didn't something ugly happen with him after his career? Was it the 90's or 2000's? What happened again? I don't know, I forget. That statue's cool. Hey lets go get a hotdog and a beer before the game starts"

I was an avid fan of the Royals during the whole Frank White era. He was very good, probably taken for granted, but now he is legend.

Look at how the Royals have treated George Brett.
Look at how the Royals have treated Frank White.

Nuff said.

Uhhh....

Very well?

I'm not a baseball fan but I was from about '72 through '85. I only remember Frank White as a player. In my memory he ranks well behind Brett, about the same as AO, and a little ahead of Mayberry and McCrae among players, not including pitchers. Really enjoyed watching him play.

If Frank was white, the Royals never would have done him like this.

This part makes me sad.

My 11 year old works out with Frank and his son at "The Yard" in Lee's Summit... and Frank is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. When you talk with him, he treats you like you are one of his lifelong friends.

Love that guy.

I only know Frank White as the lonely drunk black man that gets bombed at the local Brew Top in Lees Summit.

You're too smart to actually believe this, so I assume you are joking.

The Royals treat George Brett differently than Frank White for the same reason the Yankees will treat Derek Jeter differently than Brett Gardner after both players retire.

What, built a statue of him at the ballpark?

Brett has a make-work VP job because he is the best player in franchise history.

Frank is one of the top 5 all-time Royals. He has been inducted into the team's HOF, had his number retired, had a statue erected in his honor (only Brett has had all those honors). He's been a minor league manager, a major league coach and a broadcaster.

Duke Wathan got fired by the Royals. Hal McRae got fired by the Royals.

Let's not act like Frank was completely shit on by the Royals just because he lost a goddamn broadcasting job that he was mediocre at. To accuse them of racism is just obnoxious and WRONG.

Frank? Is that you? Isn't this what White has been covertly implying? I hope you are being sarcastic.

You must be kidding.

It's a broadcasting job, FF'sS. Fortunately I'm old enough to remember that he was the first 2B since Jackie Robinson to hit cleanup in WS game. And in that game he hit one of the longest HR's into LC field I've ever seen at (now the "Old") Busch Stadium to keep the Series alive.

He has a statue built. Is a member of the Royals HoF. I don't want him to be manager. **** that franchise. They don't deserve to have Frank as the MGR. And if Frank bitched at an official scorer, it was because he got to a ball and maybe muffed it, that 25 other 2B didn't have the range to get near.

GTFOOMF with that bullshit.

Well.. F. I guess I should have the rest of the thread.

Pathetic Royals fans will make up any excuse to support that shithole of a franchise.