Tag Archives: Cito Gaston
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This Day In Sports History (May 15th) — Cito Gaston
It was on this day in 1989 that Cito Gaston was named the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays. It was his first managerial job in the Majors and three years later he would go on to lead the club to their first ever World Series title. Gaston joined the Jays in 1982 as a [...]
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Jays’ Players Sport Mustaches In Cito Gaston’s Farewell Game
In 1982, Cito Gaston joined the Toronto Blue Jays coaching staff as a hitting coach. In 1989 he was named the club’s manager and only three years later he would begin a run of back-to-back World Series Championship seasons with the Jays. Those two league titles would be the last the city would see from [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 06/07/09 – Roy Halladay
Total Pro Sports – One start after throwing 133 pitches in a complete game effort, Jays coach Cito Gaston was keeping a close eye on his ace, Roy Halladay. How would the Doc respond? How about another complete game, but this time it only took 97 pitches to close out the Kansas City Royals. With [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 06/02/09 – Roy Halladay
Total Pro Sports – Roy Halladay has been as close to unstoppable that MLB pitchers get. If his 9-1 record doesn’t prove that, then maybe one should consider the fact that his last two starts were no decisions, even though one was seven shutout innings and the other he handed his bullpen a 5 run [...]
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The Positives For The Jays Heading Into ’09
Total Pro Sports – As Blue Jay fans and baseball fans in general watched the free agency of this year, one could see that most teams were hugely impacted by the economic downturn. Players who signed early such as Ryan Dempster and Edgar Rentaria were the smart ones. Players such as Adam Dunn, Jason Varitek [...]
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Blue Jays 2008 Season Review
“Cito’s back with the Moustache Attack” The Jays had a mediocre season this year. At the beginning of the year there was a lot of optimism for this team to finally make the post season for the first time since Joe hit that beauty off of Barry Melrose look-a-like Mitch Williams. Part of the reason [...]
