Great Expectations

The making of the Blue Jays' 2013 season.

After a disastrous 2012 season, the Blue Jays had a major makeover, adding an array of star players through trades and freeagent signings, including R.A. Dickey, the best pitcher in the National League last year, and ticket sales have since soared. Starting with a behindthescenes look at the offseason fallout that led to the roster upheaval, this book covers every aspect of the 2013 season with a particular focus on the personalities involved. The cast includes Alex Anthopoulos, the 36yearold general manager from Montreal; R.A. Dickey, a sexual abuse survivor who also happens to be the only majorleague pitcher to throw a knuckleball; Brett Lawrie, the team's lone Canadian, whose kinetic style of play is a doubleedged sword; José Bautista, the twotime homerun champion bidding to revive his power after wrist surgery felled him last summer; and Melky Cabrera, whose 50game drug suspension last year forced him to sign a freeagent contract with a new team for half the money he might otherwise have realized. Their guide is John Gibbons, whose challenge is to meld a diverse collection of newcomers and holdovers into a winning team in a city starved for a championship. For a generation of fans, 2013 is on the cusp of being a season like no other.

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