Toronto's Thomas not bitter ... Beane there, done that

Let's get this out on the table right away. Frank Thomas, almost 39 years old and on the cusp of his 18th big-league season, knows how to go about his business.

Thus, the reason that at 9 a.m. on photo day at the Toronto Blue Jays' minor-league complex, three hours before the team is required to stretch and well before most of his teammates have even shaken the cobwebs from the previous night's sleep, Thomas is in the batting cage.

The drills that have made 500 home runs inevitable are repeated again and again.

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