Tigers skipper Jim Leyland is known to some as the “Wizard of Woodward” and known to others as the “Wretch of Wrongness” based on the decisions he makes on a nightly basis. Baseball managers have to make countless decisions game-in and game-out – his batting order, who will be available out of the bullpen, when to bunt, when to hit and run, when to make a pitching change, when to scratch yourself, this, that and the other thing.
Leyland’s quirks include his unwavering loyalties to guys who struggle mightily (Brandon Inge, Ryan Raburn); about how he often plays for the three-run home run; how he repeatedly lets a reliever proverbially “cook himself” by leaving him in after it’s obvious he doesn’t have “it” that night; why he chooses to talk like his mouth is full of melonballs; how he plugs the replacement in to the starter’s position in the lineup despite it not making sense; why he’s constantly cranky-looking. The gamut is endless.
Leyland admitted Wednesday that he doesn’
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May 10, 2012
