General Manager Pat Gillick was the true brains behind the Jays. They had a damn good run of +.500 seasons, culminating in several division championships the last two being of course the world series victories. He left the team after the 2nd series, and things were never the same.

Yeah Lyle, I do remember Toronto doing a number on the Red Sox, seems to me for a while, I forget exactly when, there was a very long streak where Boston couldn't buy a win against the Jays, including games where the Jays would come back from a huge deficits to win in the ninth.

You know who was absolutely awesome for the Jays for a couple years was Roger Clemens, right after he left Boston. Consecutive 20+ win seasons, ERA down below 2.0, two Cy Youngs, Off the top of my head I'm not sure what his strikeout stats were, but I'm sure they were good. Then he left the team halfway through his contract, cause he didn't think we could win a series.