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Could Jim Leyland Outrun Katie Holmes?


One of the first, and definitely one of the most enjoyable, community project we tried around these parts was the rundown of scoreboard races for every professional baseball team. (Which of course led to this genius. More »

12:35 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Will Leitch
6,849 views, 67 comments

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Jim Leyland Gets HIs Jim Mora On ... But Awesomely


If you hadn't had a chance yet to listen to Jim Leyland's inevitable, but still awesome tirade about former Tiger Jason Grilli's claims that the team lost team chemistry when it lost Sean Casey ... well, here it is. Enjoy. More »

11:10 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By Will Leitch
6,389 views, 66 comments

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Please Do Not Mock Jim Leyland's Beekeeper Hat

The year is 1986. Out of Africa wins the Academy Award for best picture; the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates soon after launch over the coast of central Florida; and the Pittsburgh Pirates are wearing very tall hats. I came upon this glorious snapshot in time courtesy of The Ugly Baseball Card Blog; the site that allows us to fall in love with baseball cards once again. More »

3:15 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By rickchand
6,869 views, 48 comments

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Stepping Away From Rogers, And Toward Leyland

All right, we're gonna make a vow: We're pretty tired of this whole Kenny Rogers business, and we're not gonna talk about it anymore. We know controversy is fun, and we know Rogers probably had pine tar on his hand, and we know Tony LaRussa probably should have had him thrown out of the game. But in all seriousness: It really didn't make a difference. Rogers shut down the Cardinals, the series is tied and, well, we don't even know if we're gonna see Rogers again this series. It's fun to have something to talk about, and we'll confess an affinity to "Kenny Rogers has poop on his hands" humor, but really, we're over it. More »

11:00 AM on Tue Oct 24 2006
By Leitch
534 views, 83 comments

Latest by WahooMcDaniel: Every time I think about quitting smoking, I realize that the reason I started smoking to begin with was to get away from proselytizing jerks who get off preaching to others. That, and because I wanted that low, gravelly, sooty sound more »

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The Closer: Motorama

Notes from a day in baseball: More »
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Jim Leyland, America's Role Model

On the list of Baseball Characters, former manager Jim Leyland has to be pretty high up there. As Leyland travels to Detroit to interview for the just-opened Detroit Tigers job, we'd like to hark back to our personal favorite Jim Leyland moment. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Oct 3 2005
By Leitch
3,541 views