TORONTO -- Mark Shapiro has signed a five-year contract renewal to stay with the Blue Jays as president and CEO, Rogers Communications announced Friday, locking in the leader of an organization that is suddenly at the center of the baseball world.

This past season’s run to Game 7 of the World Series showed us the best of the Blue Jays. And while that dream run felt like it came so suddenly, many of the factors that fueled it had been building for years under Shapiro.

“His vision and leadership when he came in set the stage with how he wanted us to invest and build this team for the future,” said Edward Rogers, chair of the Blue Jays and executive chair of Rogers Communications. “It’s something he started on his first day. That started with building facilities that players want to come t

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