‘Gibby’s been unbelievable’: Toronto Blue Jays’ manager has a big fan in...
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Mark Shapiro inherited John Gibbons as a manager, but it seems the Blue Jays’ president and CEO has become a big Gibbons fan. “Gibby’s been unbelievable,” Shapiro said Sunday. “I...
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Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins is a difficult man to pin down
DUNEDIN — This will take time, getting to know Ross Atkins. Trying to understand him, figure him out and maybe just as important, trying to believe in the first year general manager of the Toronto Blue...
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The Blue Jays begin: Is this season a link in a championship chain or the end...
I confess, I didn’t actually see the bat flip. The ball off Jose Bautista’s bat in that insane seventh inning seemed like a no-doubt rocket, but given everything we had witnessed on the Rogers Centre...
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Another successful Blue Jays season sets the stage for third era of greatness
TORONTO — It is not particularly surprising that Mark Shapiro, who often speaks like he’s reading slogans from a motivational poster, described his first home opener in Toronto in rather earnest terms....
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‘There’s only one organization that I work for’: Toronto Blue Jays’ Mark...
One had no problem openly rooting for it. The other took the guarded, political approach. Both president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins are focused on their current employer, the Toronto...
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Cleveland, a school for baseball executives, faces a top alumnus in Blue Jays...
In his spring-training office, overlooking right field at the Toronto Blue Jays’ ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, Mark Shapiro stands when he works at his computer. It is good for his posture and in...
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Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says he was ‘personally bothered’ by...
CLEVELAND — As a Cleveland executive, Mark Shapiro says he was “personally bothered” by the team’s Chief Wahoo logo. But he says the people of Cleveland thought differently. So he worked on building up...
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Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro, GM Ross Atkins need to be bold this...
How do you define a good general manager, I once asked the hall of famer Pat Gillick. Gillick started by talking about mistakes. “Everyone makes them,” he said. “The best general managers, they find a...
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The great unmooring: Toronto Blue Jays brass splits from Alex Anthopoulos...
TORONTO — It turns out the Toronto Blue Jays moved on from Edwin Encarnacion before he could even decide to move on from them. Ross Atkins, the Toronto general manager, said something in his year-end...
View ArticleMark Shapiro cleans house: Toronto Blue Jays fire strength coach and longtime...
With no playoffs to worry about this October, the Toronto Blue Jays have turned to layoffs. A purge of what is believed to be 20-plus rocked the team’s Rogers Centre headquarters on Wednesday. From key...
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