* Buck Martinez was hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jaysafter spending the last 14 seasons analyzing the team's performanceon television. Martinez, a catcher for the Blue Jays from 1981-86,has been the team's color commentator since 1987. Martinez is thelatest to go directly from a team's broadcast booth to the dugout.Larry Dierker won three division titles since being hired inHouston, and Arizona hired analyst Bob Brenly last month to replaceBuck Showalter. Dierker and Brenly also had no managing experiencebefore being hired.
Martinez takes over a team that went 83-79, finishing third inthe AL East in 2000. The Blue Jays nucleus of Carlos Delgado, TonyBatista, Raul …
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