Oh, but the new karma gets even better for Kenny the Grump. His mortal enemy, Frank Thomas, was released Sunday amid his usual controversy by the Toronto Blue Jays. This comes two years after Williams called Thomas “an idiot,” ordered him like a mob boss to “stay out of White Sox business,” told the world that chairman Jerry Reinsdorf loaned him money—and had to endure the subsequent embarrassment of Thomas combining for 65 home runs and 209 RBIs the last two years for other AL teams. While the Sox were busy reeking the last season and a half, Thomas was becoming an American hero as a slugger who went unjuiced during the Steroids Era, all but ensuring him first-ballot Hall of Fame status. Sox bosses couldn’t have been pleased about “the idiot” making them look bad, but, suddenly now, Williams is saving a little face after referring to Thomas as “selfish” and declaring, “We don’t miss his attitude. We don’t miss the whining.” -- Jay Mariotti, Chicago Sun-Times, April 21, 2008
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Seattle | 6 |
| on his couch playing Scrabulous with Barry Bonds | 3 |
| Oakland | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 2 |
| Detroit | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Texas | 0 |
| Toronto HAHAHAHA | 0 |
| sad on the bench of another AL team that really doesn't need him | 0 |
| sad on an NL bench pinch hitting for bad bunters | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 0 |
― David R., Monday, 21 April 2008 15:02 (seventeen years ago)