myespn.go.com - 10/12/2009
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From some AP notes today: Jim Leyland didn't mince words yesterday after the Detroit Tigers finished an historic collapse - the first team holdin...
detroit4lyfe.com - 10/7/2009
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detroit4lyfe.com —
Like Leyland and Inge stressed after the game,
I don't want this to sound like sour grapes....
It isn't. I still think the better team won last night. However, things could have been totally different in that last inning had homeplate umpire, Randy Marsh , made the right call while Brandon ...
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Randy Marsh Blew It Big Time
blog.mlive.com - 10/8/2009
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blog.mlive.com —
Jim Leyland is unorthodox and sometimes makes poor
strategic decisions, but he's still one of the best...
managers in baseball.
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In Defense Of: Jim Leyland
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What Is Wrong With Our Fragile Baseball Umpires? [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... before that?) Most decisions on the baseball field are very black and white, and in the playoffs you get two extra guys so that's even less responsibility, yet somehow these guy keep screwing up the most basic umpiring functions. Let's see if we can find them all.... AL Central Tiebreaker: With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 12th inning, Brandon Inge is hit by a pitch. (Clothing counts!) Home plate umpire Randy Marsh says he wasn't. Inge grounds out, the Tigers fail to score and lose in the bottom of ...
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System Failure
baseballmusings.com 10/13/2009 — Jim Leyland complained that the Tigers are taking strikes and swinging at balls . This is a problem Dombrowski’s been trying to address for a few years:
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Tigers Drop Finale, Division to Twins
baseballreflections.com 10/8/2009 — Detroit 5, Minnesota 6 ( box )
Final Record 86-77 (second place)
Devastation. That’s what I felt Tuesday night as the Twins celebrated following their 12th inning walk off, that’s what I’m feeling Wednesday morning as I write this.
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You can outslug opponents for all of the regular-season wins you want and hope for Alex Rodriguez to shake his postseason demons, but above all else, pitching wins in the postseason. The Yankees proved this again in their three-game American League ...
