Baseball, it sometimes appears, never sleeps.
The World Series ended Sunday night in Los Angles.
Montoyo is helped into his jersey by Blue Jays General Manager Ross Atkins at a news conference in Toronto on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Less than a day later, the Toronto Blue Jays were introducing their new manager, Charlie Montoyo, to the media.
Montoyo takes over field management of a team that was really bad in 2018–not ’62 Mets bad or 2018 Orioles bad–but very, very bad just the same.
And never mind the wins and losses.
The Jays committed a cardinal show biz sin: they were dull and boring.
Former Blue Jays manager John Gibbons waves to the crowd after a having a sports drink poured over his head in Toronto on Wednesday September 26, 2018 as he said good-bye to fans at Rogers Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
How dull and boring were they?
When the highlight of year occurs in a pre-season exhibition game at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on a walk-off homer by projected future superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (who for business reasons was not even brought to the majors in September), you know it’s a terrible year.
Manager John Gibbons was-mercifully–let go and the end of the season.
Now, Montoyo, whose major league career consisted of five at-bats and two hits with the Montreal Expos in 1993 as well as a vast amount experience as a player, coach and manager in the minors and and as a coach in the majors has been given a three-year contract.
For some perspective the hiring of Montoyo, I spoke by phone with Toronto Star baseball columnist Richard Griffin.
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