Found February 21, 2012 on Pittsburghlive.com:
PLAYERS: Jim Leyland
TEAMS: Detroit Tigers

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For decades, Jim Leyland has had the rugged optimism of a prospector in the Old West. Now, he really is a forty-niner.
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