TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Schneider's first World Series experience came as a fan in 2003.

In his first full season at the minor-league level at the time, Schneider and Brendan Fuller, a teammate on the Single-A Charleston AlleyCats, went to the Bronx to watch the Yankees play the Florida Marlins.

"We talked about going to the World Series no matter where it was," Schneider said Friday before Toronto hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1. "And it happened to be in New York, so we both held true to our promise. So it was pretty cool."

Josh Beckett earned the win in Game 6 that night with a complete-game five-hitter as the Marlins took the series 4-2.

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