What the Hell is Going On?!?

The Victoria Times found this 6/21/2008 on drunkjaysfans.blogspot.com [flag]

What the fuck? The Jays fire Gibbons and bring back Cito Gaston. Um... OK. Why? Better yet: why the fucking fuck? Well, I can think of a few reasons-- none of which endear me to this GM, this ownership, or this shitty franchise. For starters, hey! Nobody's talking about the GM's ridiculously unprofessional shiting on Adam Dunn the other day anymore, are they? Yeah, the timing here isn't ... [link]

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Holy crap! Cito Gaston!
Published 6/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
... At long last, more than 10 years after he was let go by the Blue Jays, Cito Gaston is back . I'm not sure exactly what he was doing in those 10 years, although I suspect chief mustache consultant on ...

The More Things Change...
Published 6/21/2008 by eyebleaf (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports And The City
... The thullards over at Drunk Jays Fans can't believe that Cito's back, and think J.P. Ricciardi made the move in order to take the heat off himself after he publicly dissed Adam Dunn. I couldn't disagree more. Clearly, this move was in the works for at least a couple of days. It was only a matter of time until it had to be done, as the Jays are at least going to make an attempt at salvaging this season. ...

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