Jim Leyland
Jim Leyland
James Richard "Jim" Leylandis a retired Major League Baseball manager. He currently serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers and is the manager of the United States national baseball team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 December 1944
CountryUnited States of America
cookies guys hit home pop
I just didn't like the way we went about our business. You get some cookies and guys try to hit home runs, and they pop the (expletive) thing up all day long.
attention page pay turned
I don't pay attention to that stuff. We've turned the page on all of the things from the past.
good
I don't know if they will Wednesday, but that was a good feeling.
baseball good momentum next pitching starting
We got good starting pitching again. There's no such thing as momentum in baseball -- you are only as good as your next pitcher.
guy
If it was a young guy pitching, we would have just put him on.
good helped hit home kinds last produce runs start thinking win year
We have hit 14 more home runs this year than we did last year, which may be good because it's helped us win some games. But it's not necessarily going to help us, because you start thinking that way and we've got to find all kinds of way to produce runs.
brings deal games kenny rogers team tremendous
Kenny Rogers made the All-Star team this year. He's 50-some games over .500 lifetime. He brings a lot to this party. I think we got a tremendous deal here.
baseball bright buffer came career good guy hang highly lucky managerial nice question quickly throughout
I think there's no question we got the right guy for the situation. I've been impressed. I've had good (coaches). I've been lucky throughout my managerial career with that kind of stuff. He's very good at what he does. He came highly recommended by some very bright baseball people. He's quickly become a friend, a nice buffer between me and the pitchers, a good guy to hang out with.
biggest field honest uses
I think for a young hitter, he uses the whole field as well as any young hitter. I think that's probably the biggest thing, to be honest with you.
bullpen given hit hitter people pitching staff tremendous wear
The Angels' pitching staff is tremendous and their bullpen is tremendous. I don't think most people are going to wear this pitching staff out. I mean, Shields hasn't given up a hit to a left-handed hitter all year. So they've got all the ingredients. That's why they go to the post-season.
against ask game hit sums
He pitched great. We only got one hit against him. That pretty much sums it up. But we were into it the whole game and competed out butts off. That's all you can ask for, so I have no complaints.
mode
He's more of the show mode than the tell mode.
team years errors
I had 11 years of managerial experience and four years of coaching before I managed a big-league team. To me, it was important, because I learned a lot through trial and error. And it's tough to have to go through trial and error when you're a big-league manager.
next-day next momentum
Momentum is your next day's pitcher.