The Chicago White Sox are hoping for their young talent to shine this year, ushering in a newly-competitive era in the years ahead. That kind of positivity surrounding the team could help keep fan spirits high even as the losses will likely outpace the wins this year.
So, having a franchise legend filing suit against the organization right before Opening Day is probably not the publicity the White Sox were hoping for:
I'm a bit late to this, but Frank Thomas is suing the Chicago White Sox. t.co/FFHuOfzo7N
— Josh Nelson – Sox Machine (@soxmachine_josh) March 24, 2026Frank Thomas is suing the White Sox and others over merch pic.twitter.com/sMEQhJq8Q9
— Gregory Royal Pratt (@royalpratt) March 24, 2026There’s always a story behind the story and details that are omitted from a complaint, but the short version here is that Thomas is alleging the White Sox – together with a number of other entities in the production and distribution process – used his name and likeness (specifically his last name and uniform number) on their City Connect jerseys without his permission, allegedly in violation of various laws and equitable practices.
I won’t opine on the merits of the case – we have no clue what contractual rights are at play, what Frank Thomas agreed to or did not while he was a member of the White Sox, what rules affect players in the union, and so on and so forth – but I will say that obviously something went really sideways for this to have even reached the lawsuit stage. There MUST have been conversations/negotiations before this, right? And you’ve gotta believe the White Sox would’ve loved to keep this out of the news, right?
Whatever happened, it’s clear there is still no love lost between the Chicago White Sox and The Big Hurt, whose departure from the organization back in the day was met with this famous rant from then-GM Kenny Williams:
On this day, 20 years ago: After Frank Thomas signed with the Oakland A's in free agency, @pattomasulo and WGN cameras caught then-White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams letting loose on the South Siders' former star slugger. pic.twitter.com/xCzTR9w03v
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) February 27, 2026I don’t know to what extent Williams was speaking for the whole of the organization, and, again, there are multiple sides to every story and relationship, but whew. That’s some unhappiness that seems to have (1) gone both ways, and (2) lived on for multiple decades.
We’ll see how the White Sox respond to the lawsuit.
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