Gibbons-Lilly Skirmish May Signal the End for Jays Skipper
Toronto manager John Gibbons may be dabbling in the wrong athletic profession. The skipper -- and former big league catcher -- doesn't work in a sport with fingerless gloves and four corners. But maybe he should. Gibbons challenged former Jay Shea Hillenbrand to a fight in July after the infielder wrote on the clubhouse bulletin board that the "ship was sinking." Hillenbrand didn't take the bait but landed in San Francisco for his literary work in the clubhouse. On Monday night, Gibbons went to the mound to pull Ted Lilly after the left-hander squandered an 8-0 lead. The score suddenly was 8-5 with two on and one out in Oakland's half of the third inning. Reportedly Lilly held the ball behind his back when Gibbons asked for it, and heated words were exchanged. Canadian Press photographer Aaron Harris, who witnessed the subsequent skirmish, said Lilly was waiting for Gibbons in the tunnel leading to the clubhouse and the manager went after him. "Then the whole dugout emptied back there," said Harris. "It was mayhem down in the tunnel." Later Gibbons was seen with the team trainer, who reportedly nursed a bloody nose with a towel. The whole mess elicits visions of Billy Martin taking on Dave Boswell, Reggie Jackson and a marshmallow salesman. The tussles with Boswell and the marshmallow man cost Martin jobs with Minnesota and New York, respectively, and a lesser-known run-in with Jackson sparked another of his many dismissals with the Yankees. Does Gibbons have any chance of surviving his two fight challenges? Team president Paul Godfrey, in an attempt to downplay Monday night's incident, said he didn't think Gibbons or Lilly needed to be disciplined because they had worked out their differences later. But the Jays are 10 games out of first place in the American League East and this loss of control in the Toronto dugout could be the final straw that leads to Gibbons' firing at the end of the season.
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Although he's admitted to acting a bit irrationally, if I'm Gibbons and those two guys pull that BS, I would go after them as well.
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I saw John in his first managerial season in Kingsport, TN. He is very intense and hates to lose and I guess his players don't understand that he is the boss and has a right to demand 100% effort.
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