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Article: Blue Jays Begin With an Irregular Camp
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- The Washington Post
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- February 20, 1995
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As the two-time defending World Series champions prepared to take
the field on a foggy morning here for their first workout of spring
training, their manager was worrying about the fundamentals.
That's normal in baseball at this time of the year, of course. In
this case, however, Bob Didier wasn't fretting about the way the
Toronto Blue Jays execute a bunt or a pickoff play.
"We're trying to get all their cleats the same color," Didier
said. "We want to get everyone wearing the same color sleeves. We
don't want to look like a semi-pro team. We want to look like a
professional team."
So it goes these days in baseball. The Blue Jays are the game's
defending champions, although they last won a ...