After Shea Hillenbrand wrote on the clubhouse bulletin board that the "ship was sinking," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight.
There was no brawl, but the tense relationship between the two reached the breaking point during a team meeting Wednesday night. Gibbons was adamant that he would've quit if Hillenbrand wasn't cut.
"That's a fact. That's how the whole thing got started," Gibbons said before Thursday night's game against the Yankees. "I told him he won't see the field as long as I'm here."
Gibbons Challenged Hillenbrand To A Fight Before He Was Released