Think Gibbons goes after that three-game meltdown in the Dodgers series? A 4-14 stretch and riding 7-straight losses. SportsNet had the camera on the Jays dugout for a solid 20-seconds. And you couldn't help but notice that not once did anyone on that bench so much as say a single word to anyone else on the bench. Then they cut to a shot of Gibbons sitting there, arms crossed, chewing gum (evidently to remain awake), completely isolated and staring into space. Meanwhile, Mattingly is over in the Dodgers dugout carrying on a full-time conversation with Hillman (the bench coach). Gibbons is simply not managing games. He's attending them, sure. This team is utterly lifeless.
This team needs Mike Keenan to put some life into it.
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