It works out well - Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training. |
It works out well -- Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training. |
It's an inexact science. That's why you need to have a system that's consistently producing good prospects. |
It's hard, yet it's easy to be patient. You know what you have to do yourself. You take all of the proper steps involved. You've got the right people involved. You're thorough. It's not like we make spur-of-the-moment decisions. But at times, you're just going to get murdered from a public perspective. |
It's just what we need. |
It's well deserved. He had a great season last year. We're happy to see him that honor. |
Naturally, you don't ask him to lead the other guys. But if you watch (the pitchers), he's like a sponge. They're always around him, asking questions. |
Our scouts thought he could hit at a big league level because he swung a good bat and had a good command of the strike zone. |
People don't come to your games to see your manager. I can understand why some people will feel that this was based on Alan's popularity here. But really, we could not afford to make this decision based on that, because we need to right this ship. |
Some people from the minor leagues have told me that once he comes here, he'll never go back to the minors. He's very well regarded. |
The Central might be the best now. But that's potentially a good thing for a team that's trying to develop a consistency day in and day out. |
The decision to name one of the top managers in the game of baseball in recent time, to bring him back to this organization, is a very big day for our franchise. |
The No. 1 key for our club is health because if we can keep our everyday players on the field, we'll score runs. We have the capability to have a solid pitching staff, especially with the additions of Kenny Rogers, Todd Jones and our two young pitchers. |
The time away from the game has helped him a great deal. |
There was no question in my mind that Leyland was the leading candidate if he had the passion. I didn't know that until we interviewed him. Both candidates were made aware that we had a leading candidate. I had been given indications by people that he had it, but it didn't take long to see that he had the passion. |