"I'd pay to see him play," said Cito Gaston, the Toronto manager.

But the Toronto manager refused to acknowledge the criticism.

"One thing he did for us last year was he talked to the other guys," Gord Ash, the Toronto general manager, said.

"We played well, we just didn't hit," said Jimy Williams, the Toronto manager.

Pat Gillick, the Toronto general manager, most likely will not be too far behind on the telephone.

Cliff Fletcher, the Toronto general manager, has been under increasingly shrill criticism.

"I was just hoping that something would happen," Cito Gaston, the Toronto manager, said.

The Toronto manager had eight relievers, but he stuck with Menhart.

Gord Ash, the Toronto general manager, said Johnson did what he had to do to try to make his presence as manager work.

Leiter spoke with Williams, the Toronto manager, and was told he would go right into the starting rotation.