July 2, 2012
Phil Thomas graduated from Tonganoxie High in 1966 and was pursued by the San Francisco Giants organization.
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A morning in mid-June, and it may as well be evening in April, or dusk in Colorado at the end of May or, for that matter, later that same June day in Emporia, a two-hour drive from Shawnee. That’s where Billie Thompson will be. A police officer at Shawnee Mission Park going on 29 years, Thompson is off work today, and he’s going to watch baseball.
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