Jim Leyland Isn't Giving Up Yet

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 Jim Leyland Isn't Giving Up Yet
Now that we're about a quarter of the way into the season, it's a lot easier to start judging teams based on what we've seen from them and their performance. When the Tigers started the season 0-7, it was easy to say that they sucked, but really, we had no idea. We had to see them play a lot more before making that judgement. Now that they're about 40 games into the season, you can make a ... [link]

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Jim Leyland Isn't Giving Up Yet
Published 5/13/2008 by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... from them and their performance. When the Tigers started the season 0-7, it was easy to say that they sucked, but really, we had no idea. We had to see them play a lot more before making that judgement. Now that they're about 40 games into the season, you can make a lot more of an educated guess as to how things are going to work out in Detroit. You see that the offense is still struggling, particularly with runners in scoring position, and that the pitching is still inconsistent... Continue reading at FanHouse

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