Baseball-Tigers manager Leyland reaches target in the end
October 23, 2012 at 2:40 PM
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 23 - Grizzled, gravel-voiced manager Jim Leyland was under the gun all season, the target of criticism from impatient fans and local media wondering why the favoured Detroit Tigers were not living up to expectations. Leyland, a gray-haired baseball lifer who gave up an unpromising career as a weak-hitting catcher at 25 and took up managing two years later, explained it was a long season. "That's just the way this works," Leyland, 67, told reporters about giving players a chance to rise to their level. ...
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