TOP 12 REASONS THE BLUE JAYS RELEASED FRANK THOMAS

by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool

12. When he grazed on the Astroturf, it was genuinely disturbing

11. His TV ad made the team's management wet themselves



10. Leading the team in homers and RBIs last year made a slow April unacceptable

9. General manager JP Riccardi wants to be known as not just an unemployed stathead nerd, but a genius unemployed stathead nerd

8. Team was desperate to start the Matt Stairs / Rod Barajas Era at DH

7. Clubhouse reaction to recent benching made Big Hurt more of a statement of fact than a nickname

6. Thomas was just over 300 plate appearances away this season from making the Blue Jays pay him a terrible, terrible price... that, um, Riccardi negotiated

5. Toronto wants to make sure his Hall of Fame plaque is all messed up at the end

4. The release helps Thomas sign with another AL team and torture the Jays

3. A team with a $97mm per year payroll, that's paying AJ Burnett, BJ Ryan and Scott Rolen over $35mm for 2008, is very, very judicious with how they spend their money

2. Thomas, on second thought, just doesn't seem very Canadian after all

1. Just didn't have enough bobbleheads to go around for his upcoming day