the most prevalent themes in pinball
have always been pool-playing cards horses and of course baseball however, it would not be
until 1992 that a pinball manufacturer would turn to a major league Superstar to be featured in a
game the game was Premier Technologies the Big Hurt and the player was none other than punishing
Slugger and future Hall of Famer Frank Thomas what does it mean to have your own pinball
game let me tell you right now to have my own pinball machine there's a rush it's a
thrill
it's everything it's like this game is your game you want to be the best it's yours when friends
come over they want to play this game it's a challenge and when you issue that challenge you
let them know when they leave the house this is my pinball machine you will not beat me it's like
base is loaded three and two the pressure is on I will survive in this game I will be the best and
when you're talking similarities of pinball and baseball there's not really a big difference when
y
ou step up to the plate you don't know what's coming you hope that you get what you want but
it's not going to happen you got to be ready when I'm locked into this pinball machine I know Ball's
gonna jump left to right up and down fast through the sides up and down through the downstairs
room upstairs but I got to be ready I got to be focused in I can't lose my focus I can't lose
my concentration I got to be there because that fastball come down the middle I gotta be right
there hit out of
the ballpark if this ball come down the middle I got to be able to shake the
machine and knock it back up and hit a home run on this thing too something else is similar in
the game when I went up to the plate I got that big bat in my hand but we're at this pinball
machine I got my flippers but one thing about my flippers I got to be really really focused in
because you just can't swing The Flipper you got to have finesse you got to have control you gotta
have touch with this game and it's j
ust like it's three and two bases over the top of the night
hey I got to be locked in channeling and I got to make something happen and when I'm playing this
game I want it to happen I got to make it happen
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