Former Jays GM Anthopoulos still proud of Toronto’s success in 2015
TORONTO — Alex Anthopoulos sat in the visiting dugout at Rogers Centre and glanced up at the banners hanging in centre-field.
Three years removed from his role as general manager of the Blue Jays, the current Atlanta Braves GM still takes pride in winning the AL East title with Toronto in 2015 — his last season at the helm of the team.
“I remember Howie Starkman (a former Blue Jays public relations official) told me it’s harder to win a division than it is to win a World Series,” Anthopoulos said Tuesday afternoon, hours before his Braves opened a two-game series against Toronto. “That said I’d take a World Series any day of the week.
“And don’t get me wrong, I would have been very happy with a wild card and getting into the playoffs, but winning the division felt like a greater accomplishment for the time that we had spent trying to grind.”