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Gibbons returns to manage Jays
In one of the most hectic 24-hour periods in team history, the Toronto Blue Jays saved the biggest surprise for last.
Hot about the heels of getting their mammoth 12-player trade with the Miami Marlins approved by Mlb and finalizing an agreement with controversial free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], nowhere Jays named John Gibbons as their new manager Tuesday.
"This came like a big surprise in my experience,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Gibbons said in a Rogers Centre news conference. "It's really a thrill and an honour to be back. I never might have guessed that this could happen."
Gibbons, who had a 305-305 record in the first stint using the Blue Jays, says he has some unfinished business to take care of inside a city starved for any winner.
"We did a lot of good things while I had been here,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but nothing great," he said. Ricciardi fired Carlos Tosca.
He was eventually fired in June 2008 and replaced by former Blue Jays man-ager Cito Gaston,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who had led the team to World Series championships in 1992 and 1993.
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Along with the player moves they made in the final week, he's excited to get a second chance.
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Those individuals are led by general manager Alex Anthopoulos, who stunned the baseball world last week when word leaked the Blue Jays and Marlins had agreed to a trade that saw Toronto acquire all-star shortstop Jose Reyes and pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle.
He followed that up by signing Cabrera to some two-year deal worth $16 million.
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Gibbons' name hadn't been mentioned like a possibility to replace John Farrell,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who jumped ship to the Boston Red Sox recently,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but Anthopoulos said he was confident he had hired the right man to do the job.
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Anthopoulos adds he didn't weigh any factors such as the public perception of bringing back a manager who had recently been in Toronto. "I've got more conviction in this transaction which hiring than I've been on any,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Anthopoulos said. "I can sleep like a baby at night because I know it's the right decision."
Gibbons' best season with Toronto came in 2006,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], once the club went 87-75 to finish second in American League East - exactly the same season he'd a well-publicized blowup with players Shea Hillenbrand and Ted Lilly. Gibbons said he regrets the physical altercation with Hillenbrand,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but Anthopoulos defended him and said if you cannot play for Gibbons then you can't play for too many guys.