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Found November 09, 2009 on Sports And The City:
PLAYERS: Marco Scutaro,  Frank Thomas
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays,  Oakland Athletics

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From an article on TSN.ca, about why the Toronto Blue Jays should pass on Marco Scutaro:"In other words, the Blue Jays need to tread carefully before they offer a contract to a 34-year old player who is coming off what author Malcolm Gladwell would classify as an 'outlier' season - formally known as a career-year. ... To make an example that is recently relevant to the Blue Jays would easily be the signing of Frank Thomas. Let's be clear, I'm not comparing Thomas to Scutaro as players, but rather their circumstances. When the Jays inked Thomas to his two-year, $18 million contract in 2006, he was coming off a rather unexpectedly good season that saw him hit 39 home runs after the Oakland A's picked him up off the scrap heap following a nasty parting of ways with the White Sox. We all know how that story ended in April of 2008, with the Jays releasing the 'Big Hurt' and paying him for the rest of that season."Now, I'm not saying the Thomas si...
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