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TORONTO -- In back-to-back postseasons, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion hit the two biggest home runs Blue Jays fans had seen in a generation.But after making baseball history in Toronto, both might be about to become history in Toronto.One year after a six-game AL Championship Series loss to eventual champion Kansas City, the Blue Jays fell to World Series-bound Cleveland in five-games Wednesday. Now a winter of change is expected. Bautista and Encarnacion highlight a list of nine Toronto free agents, including six on this years playoff roster.Largely unheralded when each arrived by trade -- Bautista from Pittsburgh in 2008 and Encarnacion from Cincinnati in 2009 -- the Dominican sluggers developed into All-Stars. The team evolved, too, from an also-ran playing before sparse crowds to a contender that led the American League in attendance this season, reinvigorating a national audience across Canada.After Toronto ended a 22-year playoff drought with an AL East title last year, Bautista blasted the Blue Jays into the ALCS with a three-run homer to win Game 5 against Texas, punctuating his shot with a memorable bat flip.This year it was Encarnacions turn, with a three-run drive in the 11th inning to beat Baltimore in the wild card game.The two homers are Torontos most indelible moments since Joe Carters World Series walk-off gave the Blue Jays a second straight title in 1993.They really helped put this team back on the map again, what theyve accomplished, manager John Gibbons said. Both of them made their name here in Toronto. But baseball is still a business. Its a game we play, but its still a big business and guys earn the right to try free agency.In a September radio interview, Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro said probably the most likely scenario was that Torontos free agents would be allowed to hit the open market. Outfielder Michael Saunders, right-hander R.A. Dickey, left-hander Brett Cecil and right-hander Joaquin Benoit are among the remainder of that group.A sold-out crowd of 48,000 roared as Bautista and Encarnacion batted in the ninth inning Wednesday. Afterward, Encarnacion acknowledged mixed emotions about his future.Im really sad because I dont know whats going to happen next, Encarnacion said through an interpreterr. But overall I feel really proud for the fans and what this organization has done for me.Bautista (265) and Encarnacion (239) rank second and third behind Carlos Delgado (336) on the Blue Jays career home run list.Encarnacion signed a three-year, $29 million deal in in 2013 and is coming off a team option at $10 million. After matching a career-best with 42 homers and career-high 127 RBI, he could command a nine-figure contract.Encarnacion stopped to sign autographs and pose for pictures with fans still chanting his name as he left the stadium more than two hours after Game 5. Citing an affection for the city, he called Toronto his first choice in free agency.Bautista signed a $65 million, five-year deal in 2011 and the team picked up a $14 million option this season. The six-time All-Star arrived at spring training openly demanding a big raise, but may not earn what he once hoped. Limited to 116 games by injuries, he finished with 22 homers, his lowest total since 2009, and 69 RBI.In a somber clubhouse Wednesday, Bautista said he wasnt in the proper state of mind to consider whether he and longtime friend Encarnacion had played in Toronto together for the final time.I know its a possibility but well see what happens, Bautista said.Even if their free agents find new homes, the Blue Jays still have several key players under contract next season, including 2015 AL MVP Josh Donaldson, shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and catcher Russell Martin. Toronto also controls closer Roberto Osuna, AL ERA leader Aaron Sanchez and four other starters from the rotation that posted a league-low 3.64 ERA.Shapiro has said Gibbons will return for in 2017, the final year of his contract. The rest of Torontos coaching staff is also expected to stay. Nike Air Force One Deutschland . PETERSBURG, Fla. 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Shes now the human resources manager at an advertising agency in San Francisco,?It was easy to relate to sports because being in HR, youre kind of a coach or a therapist, or youre that kind of person people come to with issues or problems, the 2010 graduate said. In college I was captain of the team, so it was easy for me to relate to all of those things I learned from being in that role into the job I have now, which is really nice.We spoke to the 2010 graduate about her transition from life as a student-athlete to her career in HR.This interview has been edited for length.espnW: How did you feel when you were about to leave college and (essentially) your athletic career? What was going through your mind? Kaitlin Doering:?I was feeling really overwhelmed and bummed out because that had been my focus for so long that I never had a chance to think about what I wanted to do. I guess I just felt really lost. I didnt even know where to start. After I graduated I was like, I have no idea what to do now. It had been my focus for so long. I luckily had my parents who were always super helpful and who helped me find my path and my first job. It was a really hard transition because I never really thought about what I ever wanted to do with my life and what kind of career I wanted to have because I was so focused on rowing.espnW: How did your first couple of years out of college go? What did you do? KD:?When I graduated I actually took a little bit of time off before I started looking for a job just because I was so exhausted. After graduation, I just needed a little break to really figure out what I wanted to do and what field I wanted to go into. I got really lucky when I landed my first job. I worked at an ad agency in LA, its one of the larger ad agencies, and my bosses from that job told me later on that the reason I got that role was because of how well I could talk about rowing and how I could relate it to the job that I got.That was the reason they hired me, because of my background as an athlete and how I was able to relate the 5am practices and multitasking and juglging school with practice. I was able to relate to the job that I applied for.espnW: Since college, what choices have you made to set you up for where you are now?KD:?The biggest thing is that I really waited for the right role for my first job. I didnt just take any job that came along to just have a job. I waited until I felt like I was finding the right thing that I really loved. I knew immediately when I walked into that agency that I was going to love it there and I was going to love my job. Im so glad I did, because I feel like if I had just gone into a different role I wasnt crazy about, I wouldnt have liked what I was doing and then I wouldve felt even more lost and wondering what I should do next. I feel lucky that I waited to find that right role because now each role has led to the next and Ive been able to work my way up to being the HR manager here.espnW: What lessons did you take from being an athlete that have applied to your working life? KD:?There are so many things. I think the biggest things that I keep with me are hard work and dedicattion.ddddddddddddAs an athlete, there are just so many different things going on, it just taught me to be super organized, which I think is a really important skill that not a lot of people have but it was something that I learned. Oh my gosh, there are so many things.I think you develop a really good work ethic because, not only are you doing so many different things at the same time, but youre also used to that pain and pushing through that pain. Even now I think about my days as an athlete and how hard they were and how exhausted I was all the time, and I feel lucky that I got to go through that experience. Now, as hard as some days are at my job, its nothing like what I used to go through.The early mornings that really get to people. Its hard to get up at 5 a.m. every morning, an its a very intense sport, so it does take a toll on you. But Im so glad that I did it.espnW: Professionally, what was your first failure? And what did it teach you? KD:?My first job, the one thing I struggled with, I had this boss, and it seemed as if she didnt want me to succeed. She would nitpick the small things that dindt really matter, but then if I did something well she wouldnt say anything. For me, that was a struggle having somebody who was so mean to me.But at the end of the day, I was so used to having - in college I was already so used to not getting compliments by my coach for so long that it didnt really phase me, it just bothered me.espnW: Did you have a strategy to keep sports/fitness in your life? KD:?I like to go to all the exercise classes. I do a lot of Soul Cycle and Barrys Boot Camp. I dont like to work out on my own as much. I like to go to classes where I have an instructor yelling at me because it reminds me of back in the day when I did do sports. I know Im just better in a group exercise class. I stick to the sam routine every week - I go to the same classes on the same days. I also go to a gym by my house. I kept up the routine of working out just because I had done it for so long, I noticed in myself that if I dont work out Im cranky or in a bad mood. I definitely still keep it up - but its not as intense as back in the day.espnW: Whats unique about UCLA thats helped you in your professional life? KD:?UCLA is such a well-known school, especially their athletic program, everybody just knows about it and its something people still ask me about. If I go to an interview and people see it on my resume, people always ask me about it. They always ask me about rowing and about being an athlete and about UCLA. Its a great thing because its such an easy topic for me to talk about.espnW: What do you wish you knew before graduating that you know now? KD:?Dont stress about finding a job, because everything will fall into place. It really does. I do have some friends that took that first role just to take a job, they were stressed about it. And now theyre in a career that they totally hate and dont know how to start over, and youre starting from scratch. I think if I were say to anything, its do not stress. Its so easy to get caught up in that when, if you just wait or you think about what you really want or what youre really interested in and you go for it, then things will just fall into place. ' ' '