Scott Rolen’s short yet pivotal stay in Toronto marks chapter in Hall of Fame career
TORONTO – By the end of a highly successful 5½-year run with the St. Louis Cardinals, after he and manager Tony LaRussa had “decided to headbutt each other a little bit,” Scott Rolen felt like he needed a reset. A Jan. 14, 2008 trade to the Toronto Blue Jays gave him one and over 203 games during the 2008-09 seasons, Rolen started to re-establish himself after three injury-plagued years and eventually added a couple more all-star campaigns to a newly minted Hall of Fame career. “We were banging around a little bit and I ended up getting traded to Toronto…
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