Jim Leyland
American former baseball player and coachWikipedia
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Oct 8, 2026
Steve PhillipsGUEST
You've got to find a way to get a bloop and a bomb.
Steve PhillipsGUEST
You know, I know Jim Leyland used to always talk about, "Whenever I face an ace, I put as many guys in the lineup as I can that can hit a home run, 'cause I know I'm not gonna get a lot of hits.
Steve PhillipsGUEST
So let me just make the ones that I do count." And if you don't hit it out of the ballpark and some of your power guys get neutralized, uh, you-- we can blame the hitter, but I think at some point you also have to credit the opposition and think about who did they have to face in the playoffs when they had to face some of the best pitchers in the game.
Chris DiminoHOST
The craziest number in baseball, going back to 2018, it's over 260 plus games now.
Matt FontanaHOST
Yeah, r- uh, Frank Robinson.
Matt FontanaHOST
I mean, I think so many of these players that become great managers, uh, Jim Leyland, you know, I don't know, I just thought of him, too.
Bruce DrennanHOST
Right, Jim Leyland.
Matt FontanaHOST
Yeah.
Matt FontanaHOST
And all these guys that again, some of them-
White Sox DavePANELIST
I think social media probably ruined that.
EddieHOST
Those guys aren't connecting with a Jim Leland or a Lou Piniella.
ChiefPANELIST
Yeah.
ChiefPANELIST
Ripping cigarettes.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the Cards have won eight of their last nine.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They lead the Cubs by one, and look what Jim Leland has done in Pittsburgh.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But despite all their problems, the Mets have won four out of five, and they're within a game of .500 and certainly cannot be discounted.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
How about former Cub Rick Russell? Seven strong innings yesterday, hits a home run to win it over with the Pirates.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rookie of the Year in '82, may be MVP in his sophomore season, Cal Ripken Jr.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His father, of course, the third base coach.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There's an idea of Jim McKean's strike zone.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That ball, there's Cal Sr., has a younger son in the Orioles organization.
18 MINS LATER
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pat Santorone, the groundskeeper, even though there have been four football games played on this field, has, has it in very good shape.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That ball would've had to catch him the way it was hit.
Tony KubekSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He tried to smother it, but a very, very aggressive third base coach, Jim Leland, had Rudy Law going.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is ruled a base hit by the official scorers, Dave Nightingale of the Sporting News and Neil Eskridge, a retired Baltimore baseball writer.
Phil AbramsonHOST
So they all started on this afternoon, with game one of the NLCS only three days away.
Phil AbramsonHOST
Hippolyto Pena only pitched one inning in this game, as Jim Leland wanted to give as many Pirate pitchers as possible a chance to pitch in their final game of the year.
Phil AbramsonHOST
In total, seven Pirate pitchers saw action, which was a lot in 1986.
Phil AbramsonHOST
Well, the fun started in the bottom of the first, when Backman and Hernandez reached base, before Gary Carter launched a deep three-run home run to left field.
Evan RobertsHOST
Like, if you ask any Yankee fan, the Kenny Rogers game, that's th- probably your only memory of the 2006 ALDS.
Evan RobertsHOST
But you know what the difference is? It's not just that Jim Leland let Kenny Rogers pitch, unlike Chad Tracy, who took Sonny Gray out.
Evan RobertsHOST
You know what the other difference was? I'll ask you a trivia question, Sean.
Evan RobertsHOST
Who started that game for the New York Yankees opposite Kenny Rogers that night? Was it Corey Lidle? The answer was Randy Johnson.
Evan RobertsHOST
If you ask any Yankee fan the Kenny Rogers game, that's probably your only memory of the 2006 ALDS.
Evan RobertsHOST
But you know what the difference is? It's not just that Jim Leland let Kenny Rogers pitch, unlike Chad Tracy, who took Sonny Gray out.
Evan RobertsHOST
You know what the other difference was? I'll ask you a trivia question, Sean.
Evan RobertsHOST
Who started that game for the New York Yankees opposite Kenny Rogers that night?
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll take a look at the, uh, Pirate batting order, the lineup that Mac will be facing tonight.
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here's how they've been penciled in by Manager Jim Leyland: Barry Bonds leading off and playing left field.
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Barry with two home runs last night, sixth time in his career that he's hit two home runs in a ballgame, and second time that he's done it in this ballpark.
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jose Lind will be batting second and playing second base.
6 MINS LATER
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[bat hitting ball] Bobby, from the right side of the plate this year, is batting .225, and he has hit three of his, uh, four home runs right-hand... uh, three of his seven home runs right-handed.
Lanny FrattareSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[bat hitting ball] Two balls, no strikes.
Steve BlassSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, you know, Jim Leyland was saying that he really looks to his big guns to provide a lot of the offense, the Bonds, Bonillas, Van Slykes, et cetera, et cetera, and not so much the perimeter guys.
Steve BlassSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But if the big guys aren't producing, then you've got to play a very, very good baseball game.
Evan RobertsHOST
Like, if you ask any Yankee fan the Kenny Rogers game, that's probably your only memory of the 2006 ALDS.
Evan RobertsHOST
But you know what the difference is? It's not just that Jim Leland let Kenny Rogers pitch, unlike Chad Tracy, who took Sonny Gray out.
Evan RobertsHOST
You know what the other difference was? I'll ask you a trivia question, Sean.
Evan RobertsHOST
Who started that game for the New York Yankees opposite Kenny Rogers that night?
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