Jays moving past Hillenbrand comments

The Toronto Blue Jays shrugged off the latest mud slung at them by Shea Hillenbrand, who was booted off the team last July after his mutinous scribbles on a clubhouse whiteboard led manager John Gibbons to challenge the infielder to a fight.

Speaking to the Toronto Sun in Thursday's paper, Hillenbrand accused J.P. Ricciardi of threatening "to bury" him on the roster, alleged that the general manager made disparaging comments about other players to him, blamed Ricciardi for stressing out Gibbons and took yet another shot at catcher Gregg Zaun.

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Indifference greets tirade by Hillenbrand

Gregg Zaun is a reformed twit, so he can relate to Shea Hillenbrand.

"When I was a free agent one time, I had a general manager tell my agent: 'As long as I'm in the game, he won't be back in the game,' " Zaun said. "Hey, I was young and stupid at one time. I've managed to remake myself."

The Toronto Blue Jays signalled the start of full-squad workouts yesterday by lining a few home-run balls over Field 2's outfield wall -- bouncing at least two off the window and roof of the administrative complex and workroom -- and in between the fly balls and high hops and slow rollers there was plenty of eye-rolling, too.

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Blue Jays ignore Hillenbrand jabs

The Toronto Blue Jays are shrugging off the latest mud slung at them by Shea Hillenbrand, who was booted off the team last July after his mutinous scribbles on a clubhouse whiteboard led manager John Gibbons to challenge the infielder to a fight.

Speaking to the Toronto Sun in Thursday's edition, Hillenbrand accused Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi of threatening "to bury" him on the roster, alleged that Ricciardi had made disparaging comments to him about other players, blamed the GM for stressing out Gibbons and took yet another shot at catcher Gregg Zaun.

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