Jim Leyland Quotes on Running (3 Quotes)

He's a very smart hitter and he doesn't try to do too much. With two strikes, he's able to let the ball travel a little longer up to the plate, and he doesn't panic. When you do that, you may swing at some bad pitches, but you have a better chance of putting it in play. That's what our whole club needs to do better. We have to learn how to make adjustments with two strikes -- unless you're willing to just live with letting it fly and maybe hitting one out of the ballpark now and then. But in the long run, that won't get it done. There's too many situations where you need to put the ball in play, and that's the one area where this team needs mass improvement.

It was a weak ground ball that got a run home. It was a free RBI. He battled his tail off and got the run in. It wasn't pretty, but that's the difference between 100 RBIs and 85. It doesn't look like a line drive in the paper, but it looked real important to me. That's the kind of stuff you're looking for.

Everybody thinks every time a guy hits a home run, it's because of a mistake. I don't buy into that.