Early bungling cemented the public image. When Edward sought to replace Paul Beeston with a new Blue Jays president, he rang up the head of the White Sox, who promptly tipped off his old pal Beeston.

The worst thing that happened to this team was Paul Beeston stepping down as president and Shapiro taking over. Him and Atkins have done very little correctly. Time to move on. — Jays fan in the ...

The white marble artwork, known locally as 'the stump', was designed by artist Paul Mason. The Beeston and District Civic Society said it was once a water feature but was turned off in the 1990s.