The big summer for former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland just got a little bit bigger. Ilitch Companies announced on ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jim Leyland’s No. 10 was retired by the Detroit Tigers, putting the Hall of Fame manager’s name and number in white on a brick wall next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson.
He likes to walk to work. Driving six blocks would be an extravagance, and that's something his father, the original Jim Leyland, couldn't abide. His dad was more like the people Leyland passes on ...
Nobody seemed to mind — even with ominous rolls of thunder toward the end. Jim Leyland, who never played in the majors but paid his dues as a minor-league coach and manager for 18 seasons ...
Staff And Wire Reports Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. | Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland said there was something special about all four of the organizations he ...
plus such non-playing contenders as former managers Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, and Davey Johnson. The “regular” vote, conducted annually by the Baseball Writers Association of America ...