Jim Leyland - August 2008 |
sports.espn.go.com - 8/12/2008
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One day after Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland
said he was "flabbergasted" by Gary Sheffield's complaints about...
playing time, Sheffield was among several Tigers placed on waivers by the club Tuesday, according to a major league source.
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Source: Tigers Place Gary Sheffield on Waivers
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theworldofisaac.com - 8/6/2008
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The Tigers season was hanging by a thread
last night. Most, including myself, had already dug their...
grave and admitted that the 2008 Season was a colossal disappointment. But there was that small chance. That 1 in a million shot that the Twins and White Sox would both blow up and the Tigs would somehow manage a sweep this week.
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The Detroit Tigers are Dead to Me
mlive.com - 8/3/2008
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim
Leyland is seeing fewer and fewer options down in...
the bullpen for late-inning situations. Leyland said he won't pitch Joel Zumaya before Tuesday because of a problem occurring above the right triceps, ...
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Tigers' Zumaya examined, won't pitch for few days ...
freep.com - 8/21/2008
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Tigers manager Jim Leyland suggested that right-hander Jeremy
Bonderman can't do much conditioning right now because he...
can't yet throw following his surgery. "He puts on his bib overalls -- no shoes and socks -- got a straw hat, got a case of beer ...
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Leyland fine with Bonderman drinking and fishing | ...
dailyfungo.com - 8/1/2008
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Now this makes sense ( from Bill Madden’s
column in The New York Daily News ): How...
could [Yankees' GM Brian Cashman] know the Detroit Tigers’ perennial All-Star and Gold Glove catcher had become disconcerted over the decision of his ...
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Pudge Asked for the Trade
deuceofdavenport.com - 8/12/2008
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Please let Gary Sheffield keep talking about his
situation in Detroit. He already has manager Jim Leyland...
"flabbergasted" and we all know how he can lose his shit at the drop of a cigarette butt. Sheff is pissed off again. Detroit is nowhere close to being a winner and he has to play DH . "I can be in the outfield and play every day. I don't want to DH. I don't feel like a baseball player ...
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You Do Not Want To Get Between Gary Sheffield and Jim ...
freep.com - 8/14/2008
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As expected, Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield cleared
trade waivers this afternoon. Now that the team has...
secured waivers on Sheffield, it can trade him at any point between now and the end of the regular season. Sheffield is owed roughly $17.5 ...
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No takers for Sheffield on waiver wire | Freep.com | ...
mlive.com - 8/15/2008
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DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland decided
to set forth his new heart of the batting...
order in the last two games of the Toronto series, batting Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Gary Sheffield 3-4-5. "I'm definitely going to hit Ordonez ...
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Tigers' new lineup: Ordonez third, Cabrera fourth ...
freep.com - 8/23/2008
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In what he called
"the lowest point" in his Tigers career, Nate Robertson...
was removed from the rotation Friday by manager Jim Leyland. Leyland didn't say who will take Robertson's spot in the rotation. The first time Leyland will ...
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Nate Robertson sent to bullpen; Dontrelle Willis won't ...
freep.com - 8/28/2008
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Todd Jones' future with the Tigers looks limited,
if that. Joel Zumaya's future with the Tigers, based...
on the evaluation of pitching coach Chuck Hernandez, looks bountiful. Jones threw this week, and his injured pitching shoulder didn't feel right. ...
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Return unlikely for injured Todd Jones | Freep.com | ...
detroit.tigers.mlb.com - 8/3/2008
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Joel Zumaya continues to be
plagued by tightness in his right arm, and manager...
Jim Leyland said prior to Saturday's game against the Rays that the Tigers can "hopefully" insert Zumaya back into the bullpen on Tuesday. Leyland ...
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Pain lingers in Zumaya's right arm | Tigers.com: News
detnews.com - 8/4/2008
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In fed-up tones that
signaled a likely shake-up of the Tigers' lineup and...
pitching staff, manager Jim Leyland said Sunday he was "embarrassed" and "shocked" by his team's play following three consecutive losses, two of which ...
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'Ashamed' manager Leyland lets loose on Tigers' lack of ...
watchingthetigers.com - 8/4/2008
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Jim Leyland dropped some bombs on his Detroit
Tigers prior to the game against the Rays on...
Sunday. They probably still apply after Detroit gave up two late leads en route to getting swept. The crux of his lecture was, We should be embarrassed. Jim Leyland is too classy a guy to start calling out his...
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Calling Everone Out
freep.com - 8/4/2008
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ashamed. Shocked. Disappointed. Terrible.
Embarrassed. Tigers manager Jim Leyland used all those words...
to describe either his mood or his team's play when he spoke Sunday morning, with the Tigers having lost three straight to ...
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Leyland rips team before loss | Freep.com | Detroit Free ...
detnews.com - 8/6/2008
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Tom Gage / The Detroit News CHICAGO --
It might last one game, it could last longer...
and, who knows, if he pitches well it could be permanent but Joel Zumaya was moved to the closer's role for the Tigers' game Tuesday night against the White Sox. "If ...
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Tigers name Zumaya closer
beck.mlblogs.com - 8/12/2008
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Here's a selection of quotes from Tigers manager
Jim Leyland on the Boston Globe article in which...
Gary Sheffield talked about his role as a platoon (otherwise known as my way of getting use out of quotes I transcribed but couldn't fit into the article ...
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Leyland/Sheffield quotes
detroit.tigers.mlb.com - 8/12/2008
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DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't angered
by Gary Sheffield's comments in Sunday's Boston Globe about...
his role. But the skipper was certainly "blindsided," a term he used several times as he tried to explain his reaction. He also said he ...
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Leyland 'blindsided' by Sheff's remarks | ...
mlive.com - 8/12/2008
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DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he
was "totally flabbergasted" and "blind-sided" by a Sunday Boston...
Globe article in which Gary Sheffield said he did not want to be a designated hitter or platoon because it hindered his ability to lead. "I ...
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Sheffield comments leave Leyland 'flabbergasted' ...
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 8/12/2008
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| AP Sports Writer 7:53 PM CDT, August
11, 2008 DETROIT (AP) _ Gary Sheffield and Jim...
Leyland might just have to agree to disagree. Sheffield said he wants to play every day and the nine-time All-Star feels he's in a platoon for the Detroit Tigers. He ...
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Tigers manager Jim Leyland flabbergasted Gary Sheffield ...
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mlb.fanhouse.com - 8/13/2008
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While the Tigers learned something new about Gary
Sheffield on Tuesday - that he hits really well...
when he's angry about being placed on waivers - they also saw something they've known about for a while. Their bullpen sucks. After Sheffield's two ...
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Joel Zumaya Could Be Out Awhile
