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John Gibbons was fired by the last-place Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and replaced by Cito Gaston, who led the team to World Series titles in 1992 and 1993 before being fired himself in 1997. The Blue Jays began the day 35-39, having lost five straight and 13 of their last 17 games to fall 10 1/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East.
"We've underachieved at this point with a good club," general manager J.P. Ricciardi said before the Jays began a weekend series in Pittsburgh. "There's a lot of the season left and we've got a chance to turn things around. ... We needed someone to spark us."See the full content of this document
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Blue Jays Boot Gibbons
Gaston said the Blue Jays' season "starts over again tonight -- we've got to get to where we should be. There's ...
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