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By HELENE ELLIOTT

Oct. 16, 1992 12 AM PT

Although the only official announcement from the Blue Jays on Thursday was to designate Jack Morris as their starter in Saturday’s opener, Manager Cito Gaston said Wednesday he “may lean toward” a four-man rotation for the Series. Gaston and pitching coach Galen Cisco discussed restoring left-hander Jimmy Key to the rotation to join Morris, David Cone and Juan Guzman.

Key made a three-inning appearance in relief in Game 5 and gave up two hits, but the Blue Jays would like a left-hander in their rotation to counter Justice, a left-handed hitter, and Pendleton a switch-hitter.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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