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Frank Thomas strikes out with the Television Bureau of Canada
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The Video Based Weekend Pump Up
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The Video Based Weekend Pump Up
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The Sideburns’ Fault
Toronto Blue Jays —
It's the Jays and Rays
DRaysBay —
TEXAS RANGERS, TWO THUMBS DOWN
YOU BEEN BLINDED —
Baseball’s Best Ads on YouTube: Part I, 11-20
Bugs & Cranks —
63 days ’til Opening Day
Obscure Sports Quarterly —
There’s 63 days left until that best day of the year, MLB Opening Day.
63 is also the number of runs scored by Frank Thomas in 2007. The Big Hurt had a solid year in Toronto, but since the Blue Jays don’t get all that much attention, this is what many people will remember about Thomas in Toronto in 2007: ...
My Canadian Boyfriend Makes New Friends
Ladies... —
Sports Illustrated has a nice piece today about how my boyfriend Scott Rolen is settling down in Toronto. Apparently he is becoming fast friends with his new teammates.
Frank Thomas, of the awesome pillow-fight commercial, had this to say:
”Who ...
AL East preview
Tremendous Upside Potential —
Go to FCP for my post on college players still left in the tournament that could help the Bulls next year.
1. Boston Red Sox 100-62
They’ll be relying on young starting pitching in Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester, but the Red Sox’s ability to keep filling holes with young talent makes them baseball’s premier organization. Expect Daisuke Matsuzaka to improve on a 4.4 ERA and 1.32 WHIP from last season. If Josh Beckett can stay healthy, him and Dice-K could be the best 1-2 starter combo in the American League.
2. New York Yankees 88-74
You have to admire what the Yankees did in refusing to ...
I'll See Your Rockies Ad And Raise You Three Blue Jays Ads
FanIQ Blog —
With the 2008 Baseball season about to start - I'm not including the A's/Red Sox series in Japan - teams are beginning to get their ads up. Obviously the Rockies have a pretty good one already, but the Blue Jays have countered with a reasonably creative series as well.
It features the Blue Jays as rather gifted kids. By the way, if you're thinking to yourself, 'don't the Blue Jays have a history of kids in their ads?' you'd be correct. This is last year's famous Blue Jays child abuse ad starring Frank Thomas.
At least the kids ...
Weird MLB Promos Never Cease To Amaze
FanIQ Blog —
With the baseball season having just officially gotten underway, now's the time when you start getting hit with ridiculous local promo commercials looking to get you to come out for a game. And let's face it, some teams need all the help they can get drawing fans. My Giants are running a stupid "Are you a gamer?" commercial campaign. If by "gamer" you mean I love watching my team lose, then hell yeah, I'm aboard.
But because baseball is the one sport that truly goes the extra mile to make weird promos, here's a look back at some ridiculous ones used over the years to try and get you fired up for the season. Because ...
Blue Jays tell Thomas to beat it
Siberian Baseball —
The news out of Toronto this morning is that designated hitter Frank Thomas, who as recently as yesterday was complaining about his playing time, has been released. According to MLB.com: The 39-year-old slugger was told Saturday that he would lose playing time after a slow start in which he batted .167 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 16 games. "Basically, I've been told that I'm not going to be in that lineup," Thomas said Saturday. "[Manager John Gibbons] told me that this morning. I see it as something else is going on. We'll see how that plays out. "You know what's going on and I know what's going on. We'll ...
TOP 12 REASONS THE BLUE JAYS RELEASED FRANK THOMAS
Epic Carnival —
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 ...
