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Blue Jays Schneider Managing to Beat the Odds in Leading Canada’s Team to World Series

Before being named the Toronto Blue Jays’ interim manager during the 2022 season, John Schneider had been with the organization for 20 years.
Blue Jays Schneider Managing to Beat the Odds in Leading Canada’s Team to World Series
Manager John Schneider #14 of the Toronto Blue Jays walks to the dugout during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game one of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario on October 24, 2025. Mark Blinch/Getty Images
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It shouldn’t be a surprise that John Schneider is managing the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series.

Schneider has been working his whole adult life to experience baseball joy in Canada. Born in New Jersey, attending classes and playing collegiate baseball at the University of Delaware, being selected in the 13th round by Toronto during the 2002 MLB Amateur Draft, followed by managing in the Blue Jays minor league system, few, if any, in the organization have better knowledge of the prospects being groomed for life in the big leagues.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.