Author | Steve Simmons

John Gibbons can’t hit, can’t field, can’t pitch for the Blue Jays and yet ultimately the team on the field is his responsibility.

May 4, 2013, 9:18 pm EDT via torontosun.com

So here is the latest: The Blue Jays plan to bring Brett Lawrie back any day now so he can return to start at third base.

April 15, 2013, 8:49 pm EDT via torontosun.com

The tears ran down Jose Reyes’ cheek — a poignant and painful stoppage in time — and you wonder how many felt the same in watching the best of the new Blue Jays driven from the field wincing Friday night.

April 13, 2013, 9:35 pm EDT via torontosun.com

On the night that Joe touched them all — the last really great Blue Jays moment before this need-to-be-great Blue Jays season — John Gibbons was home in San Antonio, watching with his dad, cheering not-so quietly for the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 2, 2013, 11:15 pm EDT via torontosun.com

It has almost gotten lost in all the noise: How somewhere between R.A. Dickey’s bouncing knuckleball, Jose Reyes’ speed, John Gibbons’ folksiness and all of Alex Anthopoulos’ new toys, the Blue Jays return again with their own version of Murderer’s Row.

April 1, 2013, 10:56 pm EDT via torontosun.com

With his driver behaving rather recklessly years ago, the car owner Roger Penske said this about Paul Tracy, “I can teach him to slow down. But I can’t teach someone to speed up.”

March 2, 2013, 9:19 pm EST via torontosun.com

Different as they might be, Joe Maddon can relate to John Gibbons.

March 1, 2013, 9:07 pm EST via torontosun.com

His spring training day begins around 4 a.m. Alex Anthopoulos doesn’t need an alarm clock. His wife has given birth to two of them.

February 28, 2013, 9:50 pm EST via torontosun.com

John Gibbons was sitting in his office just before lunch, relaxed as he always seems to be be, talking about his new position with the Blue Jays, his old position, and the one he thought he’d have this baseball season.

February 27, 2013, 9:19 pm EST via torontosun.com

When he was a kid, J.P. Arencibia nervously held out a piece of paper for a big-league autograph and has never forgotten the mixed feelings of excitement and trepidation that accompanied the moment.

February 26, 2013, 9:41 pm EST via torontosun.com