Per Ken Rosenthal on TwitterSources: Leyland stepping down as #Tigers manager. Told team after end of ALCS. Team has called news conference for 11:30 AM ET.
Per Ken Rosenthal on TwitterSources: Leyland stepping down as #Tigers manager. Told team after end of ALCS. Team has called news conference for 11:30 AM ET.
2015 Attendance 2-1 (4/6, 4/7,4/24)
2014 Attendance 1-3 (3/31, 4/12, 8/14)
2013 Attendance: 6-0 (4/3, 4/16, 4/17, 8/3, 8/21, 9/7)
Per Ken RosenthalTold that Leyland informed #Tigers players after end of ALCS that it was time for someone younger to do the job. He is 68.
2015 Attendance 2-1 (4/6, 4/7,4/24)
2014 Attendance 1-3 (3/31, 4/12, 8/14)
2013 Attendance: 6-0 (4/3, 4/16, 4/17, 8/3, 8/21, 9/7)
Is it even worth the time for a phone call or is this in effect his retirement?
I would assume retirement.
"Strickland Propane... Taste the meat, not the heat." - Hank Hill
2015 Attendance 2-1 (4/6, 4/7,4/24)
2014 Attendance 1-3 (3/31, 4/12, 8/14)
2013 Attendance: 6-0 (4/3, 4/16, 4/17, 8/3, 8/21, 9/7)
And then he immediately reverted back to the old lineup because he "got Jackson going."
Dusty switched his lineup often this season, even batting Frazier 2nd many times because of his OBP. doesn't mean he is all of a sudden a sabr-minded genius. Dusty and Leyland do stuff like this to "shake things up."
False. He did that one game, and it had nothing to do with sabrmetrics, he did to move Jackson down in the lineup to "get him going". Once Jackson got 3 hits in that game he immediately moved Jackson back to the lead off spot (exactly what Dusty would do) If that were the case why did he immediately revert to batting Cabrera 3rd? This may be true if he ever did it before, but this was literally the first time.
Why does he insist on playing Don Kelly every opportunity he gets? Why did he take Jhonny Peralta out of the game in the 6th inning? Why does he consistently allow his best pitchers to throw 120+ pitches? Max Schzerzer had 17 (!) starts this year where he threw over 107 pitches. Why did he not pitch his closer in the 7th or 8th inning on Saturday? He once gave Edgar Renteria 550 PA's even though he had a .699 OPS because "he was a veteran."
I just looked it up to poke fun at Brian Kenny. Leyland's teams had 1,320 sac bunts for his career.
--His Pittsburgh teams led the league in that stat a couple of times and were in the top half of the league 9 of 11 seasons IIRC.
--Detroit's AL rank in sac bunts during Leyland's tenure: 2, 12, 9, 2, 7, 3, 3, 6.
In his tenure
Code:AMERICAN LEAGUE CAREER 2006-2013 SACRIFICES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE T1 Royals 65 326 261 T1 Rangers 65 324 259 3 Tigers 59 318 259 4 Angels 55 314 259 5 Mariners 40 301 261 T6 Twins 39 299 260 T6 White Sox 39 299 260 8 Astros 17 46 29 9 Yankees 15 273 258 10 Indians 0 259 259 SECONDARY AVERAGE DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Yankees .034 .301 .266 2 Red Sox .030 .296 .266 3 Rays .027 .293 .266 4 Rangers .010 .276 .266 5 Blue Jays .009 .275 .266 6 Indians .001 .268 .266 7 White Sox -.001 .265 .266 8 A's -.001 .265 .266 9 Tigers -.003 .263 .266 10 Angels -.007 .259 .266
It's time, IMO. They need a change. They really should have won it all last year and/or this year.
powersackers (10-21-2013)
Too bad he's calling it a career (I would assume....he's 68).
I'd love to have him kicking our Reds in the rear end.
Big Klu (10-21-2013),The Operator (10-23-2013),wolfboy (10-21-2013)
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