Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
ESPN's Buster Olney says there's tension brewing at Comerica Park between Jim Leyland and Dave Dombrowski : • Folks who know both GM Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland believe there is serious tension between the two that could manifest itself in some way if the Tigers get off to a poor start in 2009. No elaboration from there, but I suppose the point is clear. It certainly seemed...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Talk about a bad case of cigarette butt. Ex-umpire Sonny Fulks recalled a minor-league game in the 1970s when chain-smoker Jim Leyland...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Ah, the good old days. Former Ohio State pitcher Sonny Fulks was reminiscing in the Springfield (Ohio) News Sun about his career as a minor league umpire in the '70s -- and a certain fellow Ohioan who happened to manage the Lakeland Tigers. Yep, Jim Leyland.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
You never know who'll you run into on the South Carolina sideline. On Saturday, it was U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Phelps was introduced to the crowd in the second quarter and received a big ovation.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
... after Burnett. Apparently there is "serious tension" between Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland. Olney sees Rafael Furcal signing with the A's.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... but he has a reputation for working well with pitchers. He caught for the Florida Marlins during Jim Leyland's seasons with the team (1997-98). ... The Tigers also have shown interest in Florida catcher Matt Treanor, although the sides were not progressing toward a deal as of Monday.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... and retain Santiago to serve as a tandem at the position. That arrangement would enable manager Jim Leyland to keep an additional left-handed bat in the lineup on a regular basis. Cora bats left-handed; Santiago is a switch-hitter.Neither player is known for his offensive ability. Cora is a .245 lifetime batter, Santiago .238. Both are considered sound defensively.The Tigers also have had...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
Over the past year at BYB , I've spent a handful of posts wondering if Matt Walbeck will eventually succeed Jim Leyland as manager of the Detroit Tigers. He was a fast-riser in the Tigers' minor league system from 2004 to 2007, quickly moving from West Michigan to Erie, highlighted by being named Baseball America 's Manager of the Year for the '07 season. But maybe that's an idea I need to let...
Was Watching (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
... with a score of “6.1″ - and Cecil Cooper led the N.L. with a score of “5.2.” (For bad marks, see Jim Leyland’s -3.3 and Bud Black’s -8.1.) So, how did L.A.’s Joe Torre and New York’s Joe Girardi do? Torre scored a -.8 and Girardi scored a -.1 (according to the “toy”). Pretty darn close to each other, huh?
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... CIGARETTE BUTT Ex-umpire Sonny Fulks recalled a minor-league game in the 1970s when chain-smoker Jim Leyland, then managing the Lakeland (Fla.) Tigers, had just fired one up when Fulks called a balk on Leyland's pitcher. “He ran out on the field to argue and jammed the cigarette in the hip pocket of his pants, which were double-knit,” Fulks told the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News. “By the...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
JOE TORRE answers questions in pensive paragraphs. Jim Leyland - now there's a baseball man. Mike Scioscia can small-ball you to death and, in this year's American League Division Series at least, can small-ball his own team to death, too.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Zduriencik was scouting director of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1991 to 1993, while McClendon played for the team. (Jim Leyland, of course, was the manager then.) Zduriencik is now the Seattle Mariners’ general manager, and he will soon start interviewing managerial candidates.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Zduriencik was scouting director of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1991 to 1993, while McClendon played for the team. (Jim Leyland, of course, was the manager then.) Zduriencik is now the Seattle Mariners’ general manager, and he will soon start interviewing managerial candidates.
MLB (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... that. You never know, but it's a gut instinct."Those echo previous statements from Dombrowski and Leyland around the end of the season.Neither Dombrowski nor manager Jim Leyland ruled out the possibility of Santiago starting for them if other options fall through. If so, however, those concerns would seemingly lead to a platoon role, with the Tigers bringing in another shortstop to...
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... On the other hand, however, you have managers that simply win everywhere they go — Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland and Lou Piniella. That said, in the American League this past season, four men stood head and shoulders above their peers — and because of that Joe Maddon, Ron Gardenhire, Terry Francona and Mike Scioscia are up for the prize. Maddon pulled off the unthinkable in leading Tampa to...
