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
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.
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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.
baseball successful thinking
My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We kinda rekindled the fire of baseball in Pittsburgh. We did the exact same thing in Detroit.
senior baseball freshman
It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.
baseball thinking teammate
He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.
decision few gruesome hard last might next night park playing stretch
The need to get away from it. They're playing too many innings. We've got a gruesome stretch here the next few days. I thought long and hard about it when I went back to the park last night ... I just made a decision that this might make sense.
glad mad
I'm glad it happened. If I don't get mad when I should be mad, then I should be home.
dinner extremely fabulous five met money played president states united white
I met five presidents. I had dinner with a president of the United States in the White House. I played golf with a president of the United States. I made money. I mean, when I look at it, I had a unbelievably fabulous career. And I'm extremely grateful.
job
I have no comment. I know the job is open, but I don't know anything.
certainly seeing shut
It's certainly better to see what we're seeing than getting shut out.
blow club expense hurting needs ours run shot win
You get in a catch-22. A club like ours that needs to get re-established -- we have to win every one we have a shot to win. But I'm not going to do that at the expense of hurting our pitchers, because in the long run it will blow up in our face.
cannot guy happy months six
This guy was an all-star six months ago. I cannot tell you how happy I am about that.
believer handle learn success
I've always been a big believer that it's just as important to learn to handle success as it is failure.
See, that's the thing that pisses me off.