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Having reflected, Gibbons turns page on ALDS
- Updated: May 2, 2016
TORONTO — Blue Jays manager John Gibbons isn’t expecting much carry-over this week from his team’s 2015 American League Division Series meeting with the Rangers.
Toronto battled back from a 3-2 deficit in Game 5 of that series, highlighted by a monster three-run home run from Jose Bautista in the seventh inning, which included a memorable bat flip from the Blue Jays outfielder.
The Blue Jays trailed 2-0 in the best-of-five series before winning Games 3 and 4 in Texas and defeating the Rangers, 6-3, in Game 5.
“This is a new year, 2016. That’s over with,” Gibbons said on Monday as his club prepared to open a four-game series with the Rangers.
Gibbons isn’t worried about retribution against Bautista for his bat flip during the emotional seventh inning of the Oct. 14 meeting.
“I don’t give it much thought,” he said. “I think they’ve got more to worry about, and we do too.”
The Blue Jays eventually fell in six games of the AL Championship Series to the …
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