He has got some great stuff, it's just a matter of getting some maturity. Last time out he threw the ball, today he pitched.
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There's a lot more humor and personality than what I thought there was. So far, I think they've done everything right. They've had fun when they're supposed to have fun and they bear down when they're supposed to bear down.Jim Leyland
I told them I was interested in players, not athletes. I want a baseball player. I can find a lot of guys who can dunk a basketball. I can also find a lot of guys who can't hit one. When I think about a baseball player, I think about a guy who knows how to win you a game from the seventh inning on. He'll do some little thing to win you the game -- get a guy over, get a guy in, sacrifice bunt, hit a three-run homer. Those are the guys that I want. I made it pretty obvious.
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Jeremy was not going to see the middle of the order again, under any circumstances. You can't get caught up in that stuff. That's exactly why we got Todd Jones.
Jim Leyland
There are a lot of things we're trying to establish. The biggest hill to climb is the confidence factor.
Jim Leyland
I'm just looking at a player as a player for no specific reason right now. They all got something going for them. There's nothing wrong with, maybe, some competition that, maybe, they didn't expect. There's certainly nothing wrong with that.
Jim Leyland
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