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Milton Bradley Keeps Low Profile in Arrival at Mariners' Camp

PEORIA, Ariz. -- There are three big screens in the Mariners' clubhouse in the Peoria Stadium Complex, and on none of them Thursday was the arrival of newsmaking left fielder Milton Bradley even a glimmer. It was all about Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, who is in the headlines after an arrest, reportedly for drunk driving....

Jim Leyland's Son Invited to Tigers' Camp

DETROIT (AP) -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland's son is among 18 players the team has invited to spring training. The Tigers said Monday catcher Patrick Leyland and 17 others are to report next month to the team's complex in Lakeland, Fla. Pitchers and catchers start workouts Feb. 14, five days ahead of the full...

Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce: One Bad Call, the Class Act of 2010

Winning is fleeting, here one minute, gone the next. The path to legend is filled with even more pratfalls, some easily evident, some happenstance. Armando Galarraga learned all this pitching one June game for the Detroit Tigers this season. Galarraga saw a split-second call change what would have been an historic moment...

Jim Leyland Discusses New-Look Central

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Chicago White Sox made some more noise on Wednesday by re-signing slugging first baseman Paul Konerko. With Adam Dunn in the fold as well, they look stacked in 2011. No one knows that better than one of their chief rivals in the AL Central, Tigers manager Jim Leyland, who addressed the balance...

Tony La Russa Mulls Offer From Cardinals to Return in 2011

Way back in 1995 , when he left his job as the Oakland manager to head to St. Louis, Tony La Russa said that one reason for moving on was that you can spend too much time in one place. "It gets to the point where everybody's heard everything you have to say, and they sort of tune you out," he said at the time. "It gets to...

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02/23/12 LaRussa At Peace With Decision Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
There's this guy hanging around Tigertown every day, peppering manager Jim Leyland and GM Dave Dombrowski with questions about how to operate a baseball franchise.
02/22/12 Cabrera Not Quite At Weight Goal As Training Camp Looms Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI 3B Miguel Cabrera will report to Spring Training at about 265 pounds, roughly 10 above what his goal is as he returns to third base for Detroit to make room for new 1B Prince Fielder.
02/22/12 Jim Leyland, Tony La Russa favor postseason expansion,... Source: The Saginaw News - Saginaw MI It's still unclear if Major League Baseball will expand the postseason in 2012, but Tigers manager Jim Leyland and his longtime friend, Tony La Russa, are both in favor of a 10-team playoff.
02/22/12 Tigers' Leyland still loves spring training Â» Source: Manistee News Advocate - Manistee MI For decades, Jim Leyland has had the rugged optimism of a prospector in the Old West.
02/21/12 Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland on choosing pitchers: 'I'm... Source: The Flint Journal - Flint MI What separates pitchers who make it to the majors and pitchers who don't doesn't always have to do with what type of arms they have.