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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — On a day that was simply perfect for baseball, under a brilliant blue sky, surrounded by dozens of living legends, former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland hit a home run on ...

Staff And Wire Reports Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. | Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland said there was something special about all four of the organizations he ...

Former Jamestown Tiger Jim Leyland is pictured at College Stadium, now Diethrick Park, in 1965. Leyland became the 23rd manager elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Photo ...

Jim Leyland, who never played in the majors but ... major-league teams plus the only edition of Team USA to win the World Baseball Classic. “Chuck Tanner used to tell me I couldn’t make ...

and I think he was a frustrated baseball player because he hurt his shoulder," Jim Leyland says. "So, I think he took that out on me." Dad taught him the simple things, like doing a day's work for ...

plus such non-playing contenders as former managers Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, and Davey Johnson. The “regular” vote, conducted annually by the Baseball Writers Association of America ...