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Dombrowski: Leyland to return as Tigers' manager | The Detroit News
Lynn Henning / The Detroit News Jim Leyland will return to the Tigers as manager in 2009. Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and general manager, today squelched any speculation that Leyland might be fired after three seasons in Detroit. The Tigers are tied for last place in the American ...
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Jim Leyland Will Be Back
Bless You Boys — ... by the Detroit Lions has piqued the bloodlust of Tigers fans looking for another head on a pike, general manager Dave Dombrowski told the Detroit News' Lynn Henning this afternoon that Jim Leyland will return as manager next season. ...

Dombrowski says Leyland will be back
The Detroit Tiger Weblog — ... Dave Dombrowski told Lynn Henning and the Detroit News that Jim Leyland will be managing the Tigers next year. Seeing as this wasn’t a sound bite, it’s tough to get a flavor for how ringing the endorsement was given this is the quote that Henning had: ...

Leyland will be back in 2009
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog — Dave Dombrowski announced today that Jim Leyland will be back to manage again in 2009. When asked whether Leyland would be back next year, Dombrowski simply said: "Yes, oh yeah," Dombrowski said when asked if Leyland would absolutely return in 2009. "He's under contract next year." At one point this season, I wrote that he was seemed tired and suggested that he might retire after the season. However, it recently became clear that he had no interest in quitting as he asked the Tigers for an extension beyond 2009. Leyland was regarded by many as a genius in 2006 and was ...

THT Daily: Getting tight
The Hardball Times — ... back next year, because this is a team that has quit, and that should never happen in this league. UPDATE: OK, so I'm not Dombrowski . ...

And That Happened
ShysterBall — ... : This has been a disgusting display by Detroit. They have dropped 12 of 13 and have looked awful doing it. They have given up. Know what? If I'm Dombrowski, I have to think about whether I even want Jim Leyland back next year, because this is a team that has quit, and that should never happen in this league. UPDATE: OK, so I'm not Dombrowski. ...

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