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Gibbons ties Blue Jays record with 8th ejection of season

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John Gibbons clearly has some issues with the men in blue this season. He's also not been shy in letting the umpires know when he thinks they screwed up.

Gibbons' ejection for arguing a replay review during the ninth inning of Sunday's 11-8 loss to the Boston Red Sox was the eighth time this season the Toronto Blue Jays manager has been run from a game. That tied a franchise record for ejections in a single season, which he now shares with Hall of Famer Bobby Cox - the all-time leader in this category. Cox was tossed out of eight games while piloting the Blue Jays in 1985.

Earlier this year, Gibbons was tossed from three games in five days. The 54-year-old also served a suspension for returning to the field during his club's infamous brawl with the Texas Rangers in May.

The single-season record for managerial ejections is held by legendary New York Giants skipper John McGraw, who was tossed from 13 contests in 1905.

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