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    “That’s what they said,” Ricciardi responded, "but B.J. Ryan had 38 and 32 saves for us. Frank Thomas had 26 home runs and 94 RBIs. And we made some good trades. We got Ted Lilly, Lyle Overbay and Marco Scutaro. Troy Glaus was an All-Star and Scott Rolen helped us." Not only were the Jays battling the Yankees and Red Sox every year, Ricciardi said, they were battling the memory of the 1992-93 teams that won the World Series. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
    but B.J. Ryan had 38 and 32 saves for us. Frank Thomas had 26 home runs and 94 RBIs. And we made some good trades. We got Ted Lilly, Lyle Overbay and Marco Scutaro. Troy Glaus was an All-Star and Scott Rolen helped us.
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  1. People didn’t realize how different things are now ... That 1993 team had the biggest payroll in Major League Baseball. We were never anywhere near the biggest payroll.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  2. I guess you could say I’m decompressing ... I’ve been getting calls from all over, but I’m still not sure what I want to do. I’ve got a year left on my contract, and I might just stay here and coach my sons for a while.
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  3. I’m not sure I want to be a general manager again
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  4. This was not my first time at the rodeo, and I went into the job with my eyes wide open ... I’ve been in the game for 30 years, and I know that nobody retires as a general manager. You either get fired or you decide to move on on your own. I knew before the season started that this might be my last year...
    SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago
  5. It’s a tough division ... Every morning the ownership in New York and the ownership in Boston wakes up and thinks, ‘What do we have to do today to win?’ and we didn’t have the resources to be able to do that same kind of thing. But for me, it was a good eight years. I loved what I was doing, I met some ...
    J.P. Ricciardi – J.P. Ricciardi SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette 1 month ago

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