TORONTO (AP) -Paul Beeston returned to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday as interim chief executive officer.
Beeston replaces Paul Godfrey, who announced Sept. 29 that was resigning as president and CEO after eight years.
The first employee hired by the Blue Jays in May 1976, Beeston became vice president of business operations in 1977, executive vice president of business in 1984 and president and chief operating officer in 1989.
He was promoted to chief executive officer and 1991 and held that position until 1997, when he quit to become chief operating officer of Major League Baseball. He left that position in 2002.
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