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Leyland retires....Voted into Baseball HOF... Tigers will retire uniform # 10

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Several days ago, former manager Jim Leyland decided that he would not wear any team cap when he gets inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. The other 3 inductees, Andrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton will be wearing Rangers, Twins and Rockies caps respectively.

Leyland joins Tony LaRussa as the only other manager inducted not to have a team logo on his cap. Sparky Anderson went into the Hall wearing a Reds cap despite being fired by them and spending almost twice as much time managing the Tigers.

Leyland managed 4 teams:

Pirates – 11 years w/only 4 seasons above .500

Marlins – 2 years w/a World Series Championship

Rockies – 1 year

Tigers – 8 years w/2 AL Pennants

What do you think of his decision?

What do you think of Jim Leyland's decision?

1. Understandable given his career.

2. He should have picked a team.

3. Disappointed in his decision.

VOTE
 
motorcitybengals.com

Hall of Fame Manager Jim Leyland will have his number retired by the Detroit Tigers

Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland will be having his number 10 retired by the team in a ceremony on Saturday, August 3 against the Kansas City Royals.
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Jim Leyland will have his number 10 retired by the Detroit Tigers this August.
MCBTB

www.detroitnews.com

Tigers to retire Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland's number

One of the primary drivers of Detroit's baseball renaissance in the mid-2000s will forever be enshrined on the outfield wall at Comerica Park.
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Tigers to retire Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland's number 10.
Detnews

www.freep.com

Detroit Tigers to retire Jim Leyland's No. 10 this year: Here's when they'll do it

The Detroit Tigers will retire Leyland's No. 10 in a ceremony at Comerica Park on Aug. 3 before the 6:10 p.m. game against the Kansas City Royals.
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Detroit Tigers to retire Jim Leyland's No. 10 this year: Here's when they'll do it.
Freep

www.mlive.com

Tigers will retire Jim Leyland’s number this summer

Leyland will become the 10th Tiger and the second manager to have his number retired.
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Tigers will retire Jim Leyland’s number this summer.
Mlive
 
tomdalton22 said:
taking a second look at his career, he's lucky to get in. He was under .500 until his last 2 years in Detroit pushed him over the top.

.506 winning percentage and one WS title. I guess they are WAY more liberal with their criteria for managers than players (see Lou Whitaker)
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I agree his numbers are just so .500 ish, and Sweet Lou should be in.
 
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SATURDAY SURVEY

Later this summer, the Detroit Tigers will be retiring Jim Leyland’s #10 jersey number. He will be only the 2nd manager to have his number retired after Sparky Anderson. It will be the …
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SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

Later this summer, the Detroit Tigers will be retiring Jim Leyland’s #10 jersey number. He will be only the 2nd manager to have his number retired after Sparky Anderson.

It will be the 9th retired number by the Tigers. Leyland will join Anderson, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Willie Horton, Al Kaline, Jack Morris, Hal Newhouser, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker.
Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Mickey Cochrane, Ernie Harwell, Harry Heilman, Hughie Jennings, George Kell and Heinie Manush are also on Comerica’s wall but without numbers. Most of them because they played before jerseys included them.

Leyland is going into the Hall of Fame and requested that he not go in wearing the logo of any of the 4 teams he managed in his career.
He managed the Pittsburgh Pirates for 11 years, followed by 2 years with the Florida Marlins, 1 season with the Colorado Rockies and finally 8 years with the Tigers. He won a World Series with the Marlins and took the Tigers to 2 World Series where they lost both contests.

Sparky managed the Tigers for 17 years and also took them to the World Series, which they won in 1984.
Leyland will be inducted into the Pirates’ own personal Hall of Fame this summer (along with 2 other players) which was established almost 2 years ago. However, his number will not be retired.

The most famous Tiger player to wear #10 was Tommy Bridges who wore it for 15 years. He was one of baseball’s best pitchers, a 6-time All-Star and holder of numerous pitching records. Some of his achievements still stand within the franchise and also MLB. He played in 4 World Series and also left in order to serve his country during WWII, returning to the Tigers after the end of the war.
What do you think of the Tigers’ plans to retire Leyland’s jersey number?

What do you think of the Tigers' plan to retire Jim Leyland's jersey number?

1. A well-deserved honor.

2. Only managers who have won a World Series should be eligible.

3. Only players should have their numbers retired.

VOTE
 
tomdalton22 said:
there is no way in hell he deserves to have a number retired.

Does he belong in the same breath as these players:
Lou
Tram
Kaline
Newhouser
Horton
Gehringer
Greenburg
Morris
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This is what happens when you have owners like the Ilitchs. He was a good manager, nothing else,
 
Former Tigers executive Dave Dombrowski, now with the Phillies, recently sat down with @iamtrevort
and discussed the Hall of Fame managerial career of Jim Leyland.
 
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