There is nothing funnier — wait, or is it sadder? — than when a franchise shows such a lack of creativity and gives in to utter despair by throwing up its collective hands and deciding, “Hey, it worked once. Why not try it again?” All the locals still screaming for Bud Grant or Flip Saunders will very much enjoy the news that the Toronto Blue Jays have fired manager John Gibbons and replaced him with none other than Cito Gaston, 64, who presided over Toronto’s 1992 and 1993 World Series glory years. Upon getting the job, Gaston announced that Joe Carter would return immediately to the cleanup role. Dave Winfield and Kelly Gruber are also thought to be targets of the new manager. “I have Candy Maldonado on the line right now, and he promised he can deliver 20 homers a year,” Gaston said before adding, “we still draw 4 million fans a year and dominate baseball’s economic structure, right?” Sure do, Cito. Baseball is the same as you remember 15 years ago when you last won a championship. Now get to it.

Kelly Gruber’s Wikipedia page, by the way? Outstanding.

Shortly after retirement, Gruber made a failed attempt to take over the production company Rocco’s Jobbers by attempting to buy ownership interest from various principals in the company. This take over attempt was blocked by Gruber’s former teammate David Wells, who did not think that Gruber’s leadership skills would be beneficial to the continued growth of the company.

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