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
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.
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.
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.
loss winning careers
When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if somebody asked me how I would sum up my career, I would say I had a unbelievable, fabulous career.
winter philadelphia lasts
It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again,
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.
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.