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Get StartedWould this be a topic, had Ilitch spent team payroll money like Oakland and Tampa Bay.
No need for me to put a question mark at the end of that sentence.
I already know the answer to the question.
Leyland timed his entry to Detroit perfectly. Got a real lucky start in 2006.... then coasted as Ilitch provided the money and Dombrowski provided the brains.
If he hired the management, scouting and development personell that TB & Oakland have then the likely answer would be yes....because those teams have had success with those low payrolls because they have good players.
.... and if we hired Joe Maddon instead of Jim, we would have secured a World Series and be playing in another one.
The same odds you presented above - I presented here.
So Maddon can make Fielder, Jackson, Hunter and Infante into productive hitters?
Think deeper Tom! I know you have it in you!
The current personnel would be a little different, had Maddon been here. Jim burnt that bridge to help select his 25-man roster at the end of 2008.
Last I heard, Maddon still has some pretty good imput.
.... and if we hired Joe Maddon instead of Jim, we would have secured a World Series and be playing in another one.
The same odds you presented above - I presented here.
Think deeper Tom! I know you have it in you!
Leyland will probably end up in the Hall of Fame, despite how some fans perceive him.
Translation: Use your imagination and hatred of Leyland as if it represented any logical fact at all.
I don't think I have ever hear of a single manager, coach or anything in sports history that got so much blame attributed to him for any losses, and so much insistence that any wins or positive results were simply in spite of him.
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