Oakland has agreed to terms with Frank Thomas , the recently released..err…mutually agreed to deperted…Blue Jay. Oakland only has to pay roughly $330,000, with the rest of his salary being paid in loonies and toonies by the Canadians. Thomas was only hitting .157 for the Blue Jays prior to getting his playing time reduced.

I guess from a financial standpoint, it makes some sense. They pay him basically the league minimum, which is more than they’d have to pay Piazza has they kept him around. And Frank Thomas gets to come back to America, where we put ketchup on our fries instead of gravy (poutine). And Hotfoot wins, because I learned we have an Oakland Athletics tag.  So I guess everyone wins. Except probably Oakland, when they discover Frank Thomas isn’t very good anymore.