It’s a match made in proximity heaven.
As far as affiliates go, it’s a surprise that the Toronto Blue Jays weren’t linked to the Triple-A farm club 99 miles down the highway sooner.
As the Toronto Blue Jays named former Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell as their new manager they caught the attention of a former Boston player.
Surprisingly it wasn’t a pitcher but one of most celebrated, and at times hated, hitters of all time – Manny Ramirez.
The saga that has become the Toronto Blue Jays’ managerial search took another twist Thursday. While several sources reported Wednesday that the team had narrowed its short list of possible candidates down to three, it appears current bench coach Brian Butterfield is still in the mix.
On a night when the Toronto Blue Jays were honouring manager Cito Gaston, thanking him for everything he’s done, he was the one with all of the gratitude.
[blue_jays_logo] In the final home game of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays sent retiring manager Cito Gaston off in style with an 8-4 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday. After enjoying a ceremony celebrating the career of the Jays skipper, fans at the Rogers Centre were treated to a couple of record-breaking home runs.
C.C. Sabathia went 8 1/3 innings giving up just one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks as the New York Yankees clinched a playoff spot in a 6-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday at the Rogers Centre.
[4967Cito_Gaston] When the Jays conclude their home schedule on Wednesday against the New York Yankees, the organization’s greatest skipper will be in his spot in the dugout for the final time. Cito Gaston has had his supporters and detractors since first becoming manager in May of 1989, but no one can argue with the success the team achieved during his two stints.
In Thursday’s Blue Jay win over the Seattle Mariners, Bautista’s homer marked the only run of the entire game. Though both team’s offenses were stifled by good pitching, Ichiro Suzuki managed to get two hits, the second one being his 200th.