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Thats the challenge that toronto baseball writers shi davidi and john lott faced with great expectations. Cox is the only blue jays manager to be awarded the al manager of the year award in 1985. Oct 26, 2010 relatively speaking, thats the easy part. Bo bichette sets mlb mark with double in ninth straight. As an awardwinning, longtime jays columnist, bob elliott has witnessed more than his share of that history up close and personal.
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Before the 1995 season, pat gillick, the longtime blue jays general manager, resigned and handed the reins of the team to toronto native gord ash, who led the team in its most tumultuous era yet. Toronto blue jays gm alex anthopoulos melissa renwicktoronto star via getty images. With their inaugural season in 1977, the toronto blue jays joined the montreal expos as the only other team representing canada in major league baseball. The blue jays season ended sunday not with a bang but with a whimper.
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