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Talkin' baseball: Big Hurt, Tejada, and Mr. Albert Belle
Camden Chat — ... So the Blue Jays straight up told Frank Thomas, "Go to bed, old man!" Gutsy, I suppose. If you missed the story, Thomas got sat down the other day and refused to shake hands with teammates after they won, then got all, "Let's let the people decide about Frank Thomas!" by going to the press all angry about it. Unfortunately for Frank, the only people that really matter in whether or not he keeps a job for the moment decided that he doesn't really need to have the one they can supply. So he's out there and available for whatever AL ...

Was Dumping Frank Thomas a Good Idea?
Sabernomics — On Sunday, the Toronto Blue Jays released veteran DH Frank Thomas. While many have attributed his benching and release to his slow start, the more likely reason for cutting Thomas was a vesting option in his contract that would guarantee him $10 million in 2009 if he collected 376 plate appearances in 2008. Supposedly, the Jays asked Thomas to take a lesser off-the-bench role to keep the option from vesting. Thomas was not happy about this, and the Jays simply released him, eating the remaining portion of the $8 million that the team owes Thomas this season. ...