Blue Jays go cold without security blanket

Blue Jays go cold without security blanket:

"It was apparent from the day he signed a five-year, $47-million (U.S.) contract that closer B.J. Ryan would cast a long shadow over the Toronto Blue Jays. But nobody, especially manager John Gibbons, could have known how long.

While general manager J.P. Ricciardi's admission last week that he fibbed about the nature of Ryan's injury has raised the hackles of the chattering classes, it is the skipper whose future is most tied up in matters Ryan-related."

This is just a preview... click here for the entire article