Back in 2003, the Blue Jays hired a relatively unknown man by the name of John Gibbons to be their bullpen coach, and by 2004 he had found his way into the manager’s seat in Toronto. The tenure had mixed results, and being a head coach of a professional sports team doesn’t offer much job security, something Gibbons found out in 2008 when his first job as a big league skipper came to an end after parts of five seasons.
After bouncing around to a few different positions around the game, Gibbons had been unable to land himself another bench boss gig, that was until a familiar voice came calling.