[Sylvanfan]

Just before Gibbons was removed as manager, I seem to remember the Jays were really struggling offensively. They brought in Gaston, and Gene Tenace, and the team started hitting the ball reasonably well again. So although there is something to the idea of make the opponents throw a lot of pitches...it is tougher to hit if you are staritng out with a 0-1 count before you consider swinging the bat.

But he did do a good job of using platoon guys like Matt Stairs, Reed Johnson, and Frank Catalonotto to get top production. He will have a few ego's to handle so it will be interesting to see how that works out. But I think he'll be okay with a guy like Lawrie because I think he's a highly competitive player, who does care about team success. Hillenbrand whined about getting benched for a game and put some message up about play for yourself which Gibbons rightfully challenged.