Jeff Blair

You know, moving Bode down in the order.

I mean, the stuff they did with Springer.

Where John has really grown as a manager, to me, is his ability to maintain a consistent message and to not add any fuel to any fire.

So, yeah, I like the answer about Vladdy a lot.

I think John's comfortable being open about Vladdy.

I've found it...

I like the answer about Don Mattingly.

Like, what are guys doing to him?

Well, basically, they're doing to him what you're doing to him.

So, yeah, I'm... Listen, I get accused of being a John Schneider fanboy, but I just... I like... I think in this day and age, part of what you have to do is you just can't... You can't gum up the works.

You just can't make stuff worse than it is or, frankly, better than what it is.

You can be honest.

Yeah.

You know, and one thing about...

The World Series, I think, really did to this marketplace last.

I think it allows the Jays to be more honest now.

The Jays have bought themselves some wiggle room going to the World Series.

I think it could be more honest and the fan base will buy it.

He demands that, though.

This is going to sound really dumb probably, and I'm less concerned about the home runs than I am the lack in general of extra base hits.