Parting is such sweet sorrow

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Baseball Today: Monday, April 21
Published 4/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... OLD DAYS: The Post's Mike Vaccaro says we're living through the Golden Age of baseball. THEY SCREAM: Both the Yankees (LoHud Yankees blog) and the Red Sox (Boston Herald) have banned ice cream from their clubhouses. BIGGEST HURT: One day after he complained about being benched -- or at least losing playing time -- Frank Thomas was released by the Blue Jays. (Toronto Star) Our pal the Tao of Steib doesn't seem to mind, though Baseball Musing's David Pinto thinks there's more to this than ...

To be Frank, Thomas wasn't long for Toronto
Published 4/21/2008 at Big League Stew
... Tao of Stieb: "The best part about the Jays releasing Frank Thomas is that it should put an end to the chants of "Frank the Tank" at the Rogers SkyDome. Because that had gotten more than a little tiresome. While we think it is possible that there was still a little fight left in the Big Hurt, chances are that he wouldn't have reached either the 26 homer or 96 RBI plateaus from last year. The Jays were facing a situation where they either cut bait soon, or ended up stuck with a seriously diminished asset." ...