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Blue Jays repeat as World Series champions

Blue Jays repeat as World Series champions

TORONTO — When the confetti settled following the Blue Jays’ first World Series championship in 1992, the path to repeating wasn’t simple.

Key contributors were headed for free agency, including Joe Carter, Tom Henke, Jimmy Key, David Cone, Dave Winfield and Candy Maldonado. The Blue Jays had built that 1992 team with a series of major moves, including their blockbuster a year prior to acquire Carter and Roberto Alomar from the Padres for Tony Fernández and Fred McGriff, and Canada’s team would need some of the same magic to run it back.

Thankfully for Toronto, not all was lost. John Olerud was just turning 24 and about to put together one of the greatest offensive seasons in club history, chasing a .400 batting average deep into the season before finishing with a .363 mark and a 1.072 OPS. Devon White was still patrolling center, while the young duo of Juan Guaman and Pat Hentgen was ready to lead the rotation. Duane Ward, the great reliever long used in tandem with Henke,…

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