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
Monday, April 21, 2008
TOP 12 REASONS THE BLUE JAYS RELEASED FRANK THOMAS
Sunday, April 20, 2008
BIG HURT HOMELESS
by Sooze, Babes Love Baseball
What do you do with a perpetually hurt, ornery, old dog? You put him down.
That's exactly what the Toronto Blue Jays did with the angry, slumping Frank Thomas. Just a day after the Big Hurt was benched in favor of Matt Stairs, the club released the 39-year-old designated hitter.
And Thomas is livid. He claims the organization benched him to avoid his 304 plate appearances, which would have guaranteed his $10 million option for 2009.
On the other hand, Frank was batting just .167 over the first 16 games of the season, nailing three bombs with a fair number of RBIs at 11. Meanwhile, Stairs is hitting .333 with 1 homer and 3 RBIs over 14 games.
So how shady is this move? GM J.P. Ricciardi denied Thomas' allegations, citing his poor play and little room on the roster for his dismissal.
So, where to now for the 19-year veteran? The golf course or another team?
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