Tuesday October 22
To me and lots of other people, Jim Leyland has been a class act manager. I looked forward to his post game analyses — understated and funny, down to earth, smart. I happened to be free during most of his retirement press conference yesterday. Here’s a 4 minute clip from the press conference.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/det/jim-leyland-steps-down-as-detroit-tigers-manager?ymd=20131021&content_id=63201648&vkey=news_det
and a pretty good tribute by Tom Cage
tribute.http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131022/SPORTS0104/310220023/Jim-me-Tigers-manager-one-kind-around?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
john sj
Today’s word: Ernie Harwell’s classic recitation for many opening days.
“For, lo, the winter is past,
the rain is over and gone;
the flowers appear on the earth;
the time for singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.”
Song of Solomon
Read on Tigers Opening Day for decades by Ernie Harwell