Sportsnet reports the following:

The Toronto Blue Jays fired manager John Gibbons on Friday, along with three coaches including Ernie Whitt and hitting coach Gary Denbo and replaced him with 1992 and 1993 World Series winning manager Cito Gaston.

Along with Gibbons, coaches Marty Pevey, Ernie Whitt and Gary Denbo were fired as well. Gaston will be in uniform tonight, alongside first base coach Dwayne Murphy, third base coach Nick Leyva and hitting coach Gene Tenace.

World Series hero and likely Hall of Fame ("should he be?" is another question) RHSP Curt Schilling will have season-ending surgery next week and admits he could be done with his career, too.

The Boston Herald has the full story here.

Your thoughts, Bauxites?

The Blue Jays signed 27 draftees, including top pick David Cooper.

Cooper was the first 1st rounder to sign, getting a reported $1.5MM signing bonus.

Ken Griffey Jr has just become the sixth man in major league history to hit 600 career homers.

If you haven't been paying attention for the last three hours, well, uh, a lot of things are different.

John Smoltz will undergo season-ending surgery next week.  He's 41 years old, and we may have seen the last of him.

Boston behemoth Manny Ramirez -- that's "Man-Ram" to mortals like you and me -- hit his 500th home run today, becoming the 24th major leaguer to get to that milestone. You know what?

Yawwwwn.

Okay, that's an exaggeration. But seriously ...

Hey, the guy beat cancer. Anyone surprised Jon Lester can no-hit a big league ballclub?

This is why outfielders are often encouraged not to dive after fly balls.

Vernon Wells will be out for 6-8 weeks with a broken wrist, and Jeremy Accardo joins him on the DL with "a right forearm strain." Joe Inglett is back, again, along with.. Armando Benitez?

The Blue Jays are looking at some more bats, adding Kevin Mench and Brad Wilkerson to the lineup. Mench was obtained from Texas for "cash considerations." Wilkerson was signed off the scrap heap. Joe Inglett has been optioned back to Syracuse.

To make room on the 40-man roster, Gustavo Chacin and Sergio Santos have been designated for assignment. After they clear waivers, which seems probable, they can be outrighted to Syracuse.