jim-leyland Stories - MLB Daily Dish
Jim Leyland on Mike & Mike In the Morning
Jim Leyland spoke with ESPN radio's Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic on Friday morning. Bumped with slight changes to the format. Great find! --Rob http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7509458
MLB Players Poll: Most Popular Manager
Sports Illustrated asked 291 MLB players which manager they'd most like to play for. Jim Leyland wins 3rd place. Only behind the Ray's Joe Maddon and Red Sox's Terry Francona. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1108/most.popular.manager/content.3.html
Is it just me, or has Jim Leyland...
...offered "unsolicited praise" for almost every young Royals player with even the most miniscule amount of promise over the past several years? Did he not once compliment Kyle Davies---or Betancourt or Buck or Teahen? Apparently Leyland enjoys killing the Royals softly. - TL...
Jim Leyland Productions Presents A Very Entertaining Ejection
Starring Jim Leyland and Ed Rapuano With the Tigers coming up for the Boys in Blue, I figured this to be pretty relevant. It's not in the scale of Joe Mikulik or Phillip Wellman, but Leyland does give a very rousing performance. Video is included in this story for your pleasure....
"Having him on the bench between games will be a pain in the butt. He has an oar out of the water...
"Having him on the bench between games will be a pain in the butt. He has an oar out of the water sometimes, but I love him." Jim Leyland when asked about Phil Coke. The Detroit News
New Yankee Stadium not built with autograph seekers in mind
An analysis of the difficulties seeking autographs outside the new Yankee Stadium as compared to the old ballpark. Included are photos of the stadium’s more secluded player entrance layout and the most underrated outside location to meet visiting team members. ...
Meeting Jim Leyland in Minneapolis
A fan shares a story, from a couple years ago, about meeting Jim Leyland in Downtown Minneapolis. According to the fan, Leyland was a total gentleman. Hopefully, the total gentleman will leave town after a Twins sweep, during this series. ...
Meeting Jim Leyland in Minneapolis. What a guy!
A fan shares a story, from a couple years ago, about meeting Jim Leyland at a Minneapolis hotel. According to the fan, Leyland was a total gentleman. http://ifollo.com/celebritystory/meeting-jim-leyland-minneapolis-what-guy
"He'll knock in 90 runs, for sure."
"He'll knock in 90 runs, for sure." Jim Leyland on Magglio Ordonez (who drove in 50 runs in 2009) [via the Detroit Free Press]
"He's still raw; we've still got a work in progress. But he's got 10 wins, and that's pretty good....
"He's still raw; we've still got a work in progress. But he's got 10 wins, and that's pretty good. "We couldn't have asked for anything more from him. If he could win 12, 13, 15 games -- that would be unbelievable." -- JIm Leyland on Rick Porcello's recent turnaround (From MLive.com)
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