![]() We're just having a little bit of fun with it." "It's just something to break up the day in, day out. ![]() "Unless we score 28 today, have 30 hits," said a laughing Schneider as Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" floated into his office from the clubhouse. Schneider did not think the performances would become a regularly occurring event in the Blue Jays clubhouse, unless Toronto scored a big win over Detroit on Saturday afternoon. "I like to keep it light and the guys like it. "I think it's fun to break things up and he can take requests, he can do his own thing," said Schneider. Although Schneider didn't personally put in any requests - he has his own sound system in his office - he wanted the players to make the most of the change of pace. Schneider told the players a few days in advance that DJ Ray would be coming. "You put on any music, anywhere, and he's dancing." "Springer never stops dancing," said Biggio with a smile. ![]() "Playing for him in the minor leagues coming up it's always been, about keeping the vibes high and, you know, keeping the tensions low."īiggio said he didn't make any requests to DJ Ray, but Blue Jays outfielder George Springer was seen dancing down one of the clubhouse's hallways. "That's kind of how the way John Schneider operates," said Biggio, who first played for Schneider on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Toronto's double-A affiliate. ![]() Infielder Cavan Biggio said it was a surprise to have more upbeat music pumping on what would normally be a quiet morning, but not at all surprising knowing his manager. "There was one point where I was the only one in the locker room and he was just over there having a good time." to when we took the field and just jamming. ![]() "That was the first I've ever seen that," said starting pitcher Ross Stripling after Toronto's 5-3 win over Detroit. He asked DJ Ray, a local Toronto performer, to set up his equipment in the middle of the clubhouse and play music to get the Blue Jays hyped for the third game of their four-game series. Instead of some quiet country music or baseball highlights playing on the spacious room's TVs, a DJ was performing a set featuring house music and classic rap and R&B tracks from the late 1990s.Īlthough the clubhouse has an impressive sound system, usually deployed with a fog machine after big wins, interim Blue Jays manager John Schneider decided to shake things up ahead of their matinee against the visiting Detroit Tigers. TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse had a different vibe on Saturday morning. ![]()
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