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Jim Leyland - January 2009

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Rating the Managers by Intentional Walks
Rating the Managers by Intentional Walks
firejimbowden.blogspot.com — The intentional walk is one of the more controversial baseball plays in sabermetric circles, and for good... reason. As you can see from this run expectancy table at Baseball Prospectus derived from the 2008 run environment, putting a runner on ... (more) Rating the Managers by Intentional Walks
When Pitchers Were Hitters
When Pitchers Were Hitters
seamheads.com — Before there was the DH, all pitchers HAD to hit and there were some greats, if you... can remember. I recall someone by the name of Ruth who came up in the Boston organization as a starting pitcher. We all know what happened to George Herman Ruth once he was traded to NY and transitioned into an ... (more) When Pitchers Were Hitters

Jim Leyland Latest Blog Posts

Tigers' Biggest Hole is Atop the Order
3 hours ago at FanHouse
Leyland: Eliminate arguments at 1B (AP)
Freddy Dolsi, Dusty Ryan Designated For Assignment
4 hours ago at Bless You Boys
Leyland on Granderson: 'He's the Total Package'
8 hours ago at Bats
Quotes of the day: Jim Leyland
8 hours ago at Circling The Bases
JIM LEYLAND LOVES HIS VOICE
gannett.a.mms.mavenapps.net (more) JIM LEYLAND LOVES HIS VOICE
Joel Zumaya, Dontrelle Willis looking good so far
blog.mlive.com — OK, so maybe they haven't faced any hitters yet, but Jim Leyland had good things to say... about two of his injury-plagued pitchers. (more) Joel Zumaya, Dontrelle Willis looking good so far
JIM LEYLAND LOVES HIS MOTOWN TUNES
JIM LEYLAND LOVES HIS MOTOWN TUNES
theworldofisaac.com — Now if we can just get Jim Leyland to be that coherent when he's actually "talking", then... I think we can get somewhere. How a man who smokes 5 packs a day has the ability to sound like that is beyond me. Shocking. (more) JIM LEYLAND LOVES HIS MOTOWN TUNES
Commentary: Lyon, no wild man, will be Tiger closer | detnews.com | The Detroit News
detnews.com — Tom Gage Commentary: Lyon, no wild man, will be Tiger closer I don't think there will be... any competition at all this spring between Brandon Lyon and Fernando Rodney to be the Tigers' closer. It will be Lyon's job to keep -- or his job eventually to ... (more) Commentary: Lyon, no wild man, will be Tiger closer | ...
Leyland on Tiger Talk
beck.mlblogs.com — Hope everyone had a good holiday season while I was on break. It's funny how the holidays... can go by pretty quick when Detroit's winter seems to drag on. Anyway, Jim Leyland was on the Tiger Talk show on WXYT Monday night, where Dan Dickerson and Pat ... (more) Leyland on Tiger Talk
Tigers sign Alexis Gomez
Tigers sign Alexis Gomez
detroittigersweblog.com — N ormally the Tigers signing an outfielder to a minor league deal wouldn’t illicit a post from... me, but these are slow news times and this is Alexis Gomez . Jason Beck points out that Gomez is left handed and an outfielder, the kind of player that Matt Joyce was but without the upside (more) Tigers sign Alexis Gomez
Brandon Lyon update
beck.mlblogs.com — The Tigers and Lyon's agent, Barry Meister, are talking. But Meister is still talking with other teams... at this point, so nothing is close to being done. There was some belief that Lyon would be matching up with a team around mid-week, but that ... (more) Brandon Lyon update
Jim Leyland Sings the Hits
Jim Leyland Sings the Hits
mlb.fanhouse.com — by Tom Fornelli The 2009 season is going to be a make or break year for Tigers... manager Jim Leyland . If the Tigers can bounce back from a dreadful 2008 season, odds are The Black Lung will stick around unless he wants to leave. If the Tigers finish ... (more) Jim Leyland Sings the Hits