Imperative Baseball Debate: Why Would Frank Thomas Want To Install A Bomb In His Bat?

Welcome to another installment of Imperative Baseball Debate, in which you and I will discuss the pressing baseball matters of our day. The questions we ask here are staggeringly important and carry with them enormous consequences. As such, the debate can sometimes become heated and even turn violent. I urge you to remember that we share the same objective: to find an answer.

In the early 1990s, the Fleer baseball card company issued a subset of cards known as “ProVisions.” Aesthetically, they’re among my favorite baseball cards of all time -- they were like Donruss’ Diamond Kings, only instead of painting a dude just standing there, they painted him holding a baseball that was on fire, or holding a bat that was on fire, or holding a glove that was on fire. That was so 1990s of them, wasn’t it?