Luke Beveridge likens footy teams to the human nervous system.One weakness, and the whole system can break down.Its an edict Beveridges Western Bulldogs live by.Once you teach a system, you can bring different personnel through that and they can adapt and they can roll with the punches, Beveridge said this week.Beveridges Dogs have overcome many obstacles to reach Saturdays AFL grand final against Sydney. And they play much like the man himself - selfless, smart, tenacious.Footy is in Beveridges blood.His grandfather Jack played in four consecutive VFL premierships for Collingwood from 1927; his father John was a key figure in St Kildas recruiting department for nigh-on three decades.Beveridge himself played 118 AFL games with three clubs - Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda - from 1989 to 1999.I survived rather than prospered, he has said of his playing career.Beveridge believes hes the last AFL player to hold down a full-time job while pursuing a footy career.An intelligent man, Beveridge has worked with Austrack, a financial intelligence agency whose responsibilities extend to organised crime and terrorism.Beveridge had taken two years leave without pay to join Collingwood as the clubs development manager in 2009-10. The Pies won the flag in his last year there.After a year off from football, Beveridge was considering a return to Austrack when Hawthorn and their coach Alastair Clarkson came calling.He joined Clarksons coaching panel from 2012-14. The Hawks won two flags in his last two years there.At the end of 2014, Beveridge was appointed as St Kildas director of coaching for the 2015 season.But the Bulldogs came calling. They needed a senior coach. And wanted Beveridge as their man. He accepted.In two seasons at the helm of the Dogs, Beveridge has won two coach of the season awards, judged by his colleagues at the AFL Coaches Association.And in two seasons, hes taken his Bulldogs from the doldrums to the grand final.We knew as a club that we were going to be on a journey from day one, top Dog Marcus Bontempelli said this week.What you see is what you get from Bevo.Hes an incredibly personable character ... one thing hes done really well is all the relationships hes formed with each player and the group as a whole.Its something that has really brought us together quite significantly. It has probably been the underlying factor in getting us to where we are. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Nikola-Kalinic-Jersey/ . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. http://www.atleticomadridpro.com/Kids-Stefan-Savic-Jersey/ . 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TORONTO -- Is this as bad as it gets for the struggling Toronto Blue Jays?Manager John Gibbons sure hopes so.Alex Cobb pitched 6 2/3 innings to win for the first time in almost two years, Kevin Kiermaier and Corey Dickerson hit two-run homers and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Blue Jays 8-1 Wednesday, Torontos ninth loss in 12 September games.Ive got to believe were at rock bottom, Gibbons said. I dont see how much lower it could go. So Im optimistic that this will turn and turn in a hurry.Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson sat out his third straight game for Toronto and underwent an MRI on his sore right hip. The results were not immediately available.Hopefully Ill be able to get back out there tomorrow, Donaldson said after the game.Toronto holds the second AL wild card after falling one game behind Baltimore, which beat Boston later Wednesday night. The Red Sox lead the AL East by one game over the Orioles and two over the Blue Jays.Its tough but we still control our own destiny, Donaldson said.It was the same story against Cobb and the Rays, who have won six of eight at Rogers Centre.Torontos Devon Travis doubled to lead off the first and scored on Edwin Encarnacions sacrifice fly, but the Blue Jays didnt get another hit until Dioner Navarros one-out single in the seventh.Were not playing good enough baseball right now on either end, Gibbons said. The bats have gone cold, the pitchings been kind of hit or miss.Marco Estrada (8-9) allowed four runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. Hes 1-5 with a 6.95 ERA in his past seven starts.Im not going to change anything, Estrada said. I felt like I threw the ball really well.The right-hander struck out the Rays first five batters of the game, becoming the first Blue Jays pitcher to open a game with five Ks. Estrada was perfect through three before giving up three runs annd three hits in the fourth.ddddddddddddLogan Forysthe singled and Keiermaier followed with a first-pitch home run. Estrada left after Nick Franklins one-out single in the sixth. Matt Dermody came on and gave up Dickersons homer.Last-place Tampa Bay now has a franchise-record 200 homers, eclipsing the previous mark of 199 in 2009.Cobb (1-0) allowed one run and two hits to win for the first time since Sept. 23, 2014, against Boston. The oft-injured right-hander, who recently returned from elbow surgery, had gone 722 days between victories.I love winning, Cobb said. Its why starters go out there. You want to win the ball game, you want to work deep.Third baseman Evan Longoria called Cobb the emotional leader of Tampa Bays staff.Its good to have him back, Longoria said. Im happy for him. I know how hard he worked to get back to this point.FRONT OFFICE ADDITIONLate in the game, Toronto announced the hiring of former Boston general manager Ben Cherington as Vice President of Baseball Operations.FOUR OF A KINDToronto has lost four straight series for the first time since June 30 to July 12, 2015.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: Donaldson said his sore hip has been bothering him for some time. It hurts most when moving from side to side, he said.UP NEXTRays: LHP Blake Snell (5-8, 3.62) faces the Orioles for the first time as Tampa Bay opens a four-game series at Baltimore on Thursday. Snell has faced every other AL East rival at least twice. RHP Yovani Gallardo (5-7, 5.44) starts for the Orioles.Blue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (18-4, 3.33) starts against the Angels on Thursday. Happ snapped a three-start winless streak by beating Boston on Saturday. RHP Daniel Wrigt (0-2, 7.50) starts for Los Angeles. 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