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TRM

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O2, you know what to do. Take out the trash.

 

Is he allowed to ban himself?

 

#02Needs2Go

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WTF is going on around here?

 

King and OrgFiller got banned for complaining about a silly joke about chins in the phonebook o2. I think only OF was serious, King seemed to be egging 02 on. VDub got banned for saying the ban was stupid. Since then a bunch of people have been continuing to egg on o2 NJH style including, obviously, NJH himself. At this point getting yourself banned is a gesture of solidarity.

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King and OrgFiller got banned for complaining about a silly joke about chins in the phonebook o2. I think only OF was serious, King seemed to be egging 02 on. VDub got banned for saying the ban was stupid. Since then a bunch of people have been continuing to egg on o2 NJH style including, obviously, NJH himself. At this point getting yourself banned is a gesture of solidarity.

 

Accurate synopsis is accurate.

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For those of you who might have been too young to remember

TORONTO -- After Shea Hillenbrand wrote on the clubhouse

bulletin board that the "ship was sinking," Toronto Blue Jays

manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight.

 

 

"He challenged me to a fight, and wanted me to get up and punch him in the face," Hillenbrand told FAN 590 in Toronto.

 

There was no brawl, but the tense relationship between the two

reached the breaking point during a team meeting Wednesday night.

Gibbons was adamant that he would've quit if Hillenbrand wasn't

cut.

 

"That's a fact. That's how the whole thing got started,"

Gibbons said before Thursday night's game against the Yankees. "I

told him he won't see the field as long as I'm here."

 

The Blue Jays designated Hillenbrand for assignment during the

game, giving them 10 days to trade, release or send him outright to

the minors.

 

Hillenbrand was batting .301 with 12 homers, 15 doubles and 39

RBI. Known as an extremely intense player, he has moved from

Boston to Arizona to Toronto. He had a $5.8 million contract for

this season.

 

"I believe we'll have five or six teams interested in Shea,"

said his agent, Dan Lozano.

 

The Blue Jays, who spent millions in the offseason to build a

contender, began the day six games behind Boston in the AL East.

 

Hillenbrand had been upset because he felt the Blue Jays were

not sensitive that he needed several days to complete the adoption

of a baby girl on the West Coast over the weekend. The designated

hitter and corner infielder was not in the starting lineup when he

returned.

 

Earlier Wednesday, Hillenbrand wrote "play for yourself" on a

board the Blue Jays use to post batting practice times. He later

wrote the "ship was sinking" and Gibbons confronted him.

 

"Gibby called a team meeting and then he stood up and reamed me

out in front of my teammates," Hillenbrand told The Toronto Star.

"I'm very disappointed about what he did and I find it very

unprofessional."

 

Gibbons acknowledged he challenged Hillenbrand to a fight.

 

"He had a chance yesterday to defend himself in front of his

coaches and his teammates. He chose not to," Gibbons said.

 

Gibbons said someone was done in Toronto -- him or Hillenbrand.

 

"If the front office felt differently than he wins and I lose,

and I would be the one out of here," Gibbons said. "I mean it. It was

either him or me."

 

Asked if Hillenbrand did it because he wanted out, Gibbons said:

"I know he wanted to get out. That's no secret. To be honest I

don't think he really wanted to be here for the last two years."

 

"You're either with us or you're not," he said. "He got his

wish. It's that simple."

 

Said Lozano, the agent: "From everything Shea told me of the

situation, I think it all could've been avoided had it been handled

differently."

 

Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi was getting acupuncture

treatment and had eight needles in his back when he learned what

Hillenbrand wrote.

 

Ricciardi agreed that Hillenbrand had go to.

 

"We are a better team without him," Ricciardi said. "I would

rather lose than sell myself out to have someone play here that

says those type of things about organization."

 

Ricciardi objected that Hillenbrand said there isn't a winning

atmosphere in Toronto. He added, "Gibby's job is more secure than

it's ever been."

 

Ricciardi said he wasn't surprised by Hillenbrand's behavior --

Hillenbrand once called Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein a

derogatory term for homosexuals.

 

"He made some pretty disparaging remarks when he left Boston. I

don't think people forgot that," Ricciardi said.

 

"I don't think his behavior is inconsistent with what his

reputation has been. People knew the deal," he said. "The cards

are on the table, so if someone wants Shea Hillenbrand we'll try to

make a deal. Enough clubs called today."

 

With the trade deadline approaching July 31, Ricciardi said he's

looking for a pitcher than can help this year.

 

Information from The Associated Press was

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