Dickie Thon

**Richard William Thon** bú onye amụrụ na mkpụrụ ụbọchị iri abuo nke onwa Juun n' òtù puku, narị itoolu na iri ise na asato bụ onye Puerto Rican-American bụbu onye na-eme egwuregwu baseball nke na-agba bọọlụ na Major League Baseball (MLB) maka California Angels, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, na Milwaukee Brewers, n'oge ọ na-arụ ọrụ afọ iri na ise.

## Oge ọ malitere
A zụlitere Thon na Puerto Rico mgbe ọ nọrọ naanị izu abụọ mbụ nke ndụ ya na Indiana ebe nna ya ka gụsịrị nzere bachelọ na Mahadum Notre Dame.

## Ọrụ ọkachamara
Ndị California Angels bịanyere aka na ya dị ka onye na-amụrụ ihe n'efu na mkpụrụ ụbọchị iri abuo na atọ nke ọnwa Nọvemba na afo otú puku, narị itoolu na iri asaa ná ise, mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. N'ime afọ iri na ise ọ rụrụ ọrụ, Thon nọrọ oge abụọ na Angels site na afo otu puku, narị itoolu na na iri asaa na itoolu, oge asaa na Houston Astros na afọ otu puku, narị itoolu na iri asatọ na otu, otu oge na San Diego Padres  na afọ otú puku, narị itoolu na iri asatọ na asatọ, oge atọ na Philadelphia Phillies na afọ otú puku narị itoolu na na iri asatọ na itoolu, otu oge Ndị Texas Rangers na afọ otú puku, narị iteghete na iri itoolu na abụo, wee ruchaa ọrụ ya na Milwaukee Brewers na afọ otú puku narị iteghete na iri itoolu na atọ. Ọ duziri National League na ukwu atọ na afo otú puku, narị iteghete na iri asatọ na abụo,  ma ahọrọ ya na afọ otú puku narị itoolu na iri asatọ na atọ ga na All-Star Game.

## Ikike na ịgba mbọ
By 1984, Thon was drawing excitement about his potential. "He's already the best shortstop in the league," said Craig Reynolds, whom Thon had replaced as the Astro shortstop. Al Rosen, Thon's general manager, said, "when I see Dickie Thon, I see a future Hall of Famer." His career was permanently altered on April 8, 1984, when he was hit in the face by Mike Torrez's fastball. Bill James thinks Thon might have been a Hall of Famer had the injury not occurred. The pitch broke the orbital bone around his left eye and ended his 1984 season. He returned in 1985, but had problems with depth perception that permanently hampered his potential. In 1991, Thon received the Tony Conigliaro Award in recognition of his recovery from this severe injury.

N'afọ 2013, Thon kwuru, sị, "Enweghị m ike ịhụ bọọlụ ahụ nke ọma mgbe a kụrụ m n'anya aka ekpe. Aghaghị m ime mgbanwe, ma meghee obere ma hụ bọọlụ nke ọma. Ọ siri ike ime nke ahụ na nnukwu egwuregwu, mana m jisiri ike igwu egwu afọ 10 [karịa].  O lere mmerụ ahụ anya dị ka naanị otu oge ọjọọ na ndụ jupụtara na ngọzi: "Enwere m ọtụtụ ihe ọma mere m. "M na-anwa iche banyere ya". 

## Ndụ onwe onye
Thon bụ onye egwuregwu baseball nke ọgbọ nke atọ. Ọ bụ nwa nwa Freddie Thon Sr., onye Puerto Rican nke gbara bọọlụ ma jikwaa bọọlụ na Puerto Rican Baseball League n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Nna ya Freddie Thon Jr., onye bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta egwuregwu ma merụọ aka ya ahụ tupu ọ gaa ọzụzụ, gbara bọọlụ semi-pro baseball mgbe ọ na-agụsị akwụkwọ na Notre Dame, ma zụọ ụmụ ya niile n'oge ha niile na Little League na afọ iri na ụma. Nwanne Dickie, Frankie Thon, sokwa na nnukwu egwuregwu baseball na US na Puerto Rico ebe ọ bụ onye ọkpụkpọ, onye njikwa na onye na-enyocha egwuregwu ugbu a, yana onye isi njikwa nke Criollos de Caguas na Puerto Rican League.

Nwa Thon, Dickie Joe Thon, bụ onye Toronto Blue Jays họọrọ na agba nke ise, nke 156 n'ozuzu na June 2010 baseball draft ma kpọọ oge 2016 maka Dunedin Blue Jays. Thon sonyeere ndị nkuzi Astros na 2021, na 2022, a họpụtara Thon dị obere dịka onye njikwa maka Fayetteville Woodpeckers, klọb Low-A maka Astros.

A nabatara Thon n'ime Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Hispanic Heritage Baseball na Septemba 13, 2003. 

Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2013, Thon nwere otu egwuregwu Puerto Rican Winter League na Santurce .  Ọ bụ onye Katọlik na-anụ ọkụ n'obi.
  

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## Njikọ mpụga

*''Prospectus Hit and RunI Saw 'em When, Part 2'', article by Jay Jaffe

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