The White Sox trainer discusses why Frank Thomas will continue to have minor injuries.

So says longtime White Sox head athletic trainer Herm Schneider, who knows Thomas' career medical history and the hitter's stubborn ways.

"Frank's body is changing, and he needs to understand there are certain things he can't do that he used to," Schneider said Tuesday. "He tries to lift (weights) before games, early in the day, and his legs get tight. He has a tendency to drink a lot of coffee, which dehydrates you in warm weather.

"Those kinds of things, he needs to back off and change. But Frank has a tendency not to listen until the horse is out of the barn."