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
club expense game hurting ours shot trying win
It's a Catch-22 situation. With a club like ours trying to reestablish that we can win and compete, we have to win every game we have a shot to win. But I'm not going to do that at the expense of hurting our pitchers.
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.
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.
zero thinking games
Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you.
team winning games
We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.
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.