Thomas Drops F-Bomb Of A Different Variety

Because I spent Friday night’s game up in the 500 Level (where I heard such IQ Section heckles as “Zimmerman, yer out like a motherfuck!”), I missed out on a rather interesting development in Frank Thomas’ fading tolerance level.

As Frank continues his quest toward 500 home runs, some oh-so-clever fifth graders have been tracking his total from left centre field with a banner that says “496 Big Ouches.” Of course, we at DJF prefer to refer to his ding dongs as F-Bombs. Well, The Big Hurt decided to drop an F-Bomb of his own on Friday night when a fan from behind the dugout was heckling the high-priced disappointment throughout the entire game.

The gist of the heckles had to do with Thomas’ age, slowness and substandard season thus far. Finally, after grounding into a double play in the seventh inning, Thomas lost his cool and hollered back at the fan, “Fuck you!”

Now, normally I’m against booing or heckling the hometown players unless they look like or play like Eric Hinske. However, something needs to get under Thomas who is clearly more concerned with cementing his Hall of Fame credentials with a 500th F-Bomb than he is at helping his team out.

When asked about “Fuck Yougate,” the Jays’ designated hitter justified his outrage by saying, “"I'm in a great situation. I'm trying to get to the Hall of Fame. I'm closing in on 500 home runs. I've done things that people wish they could have done with a baseball bat."

That’s great Frank, but what are you doing right now?

While the Jays’ offense continues to sputter, you’re hitting .231 with nine homeruns and 25 RBIs. Guys on the team who weigh a hundred pounds less than you are putting up better slugging numbers. Even your on base percentage is 47 points below your career average.

However, since the heckle and snarl, Thomas has gone 3 for 6 with a homerun and three RBIs. Deserving or not, the heckler has seemed to light a fire under Thomas, also confirmed by his outburst at Josh Towers on Sunday.

Okay, well, we all wanted to yell at him, but you know what I’m saying.