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Jays no longer playing second fiddle to Yanks, Sox

By Sean McAdam
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

For the last five seasons, the Toronto Blue Jays have been fighting what sometimes feels like a losing battle. Locked into a division with baseball's two biggest super powers, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays have felt overwhelmed and undermanned. Though their payroll has been increasing steadily to the point where the Jays are now in baseball's upper half when it comes to spending, they remain far behind the two teams they must topple to reach the top of the American ...

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