Leyland sitting on skidding starters
Published 5/18/2008 by Jason Beck at Major League Baseball News
The errors were costly. The relief pitching didn't help. But even in Friday's loss to the Diamondbacks, manager Jim Leyland pointed to the same factor that has plagued his team all season: "We're supposed to pound the ball around."
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