Jim Leyland.
From out of nowhere and, if the rumors are to be believed (a very big “if”), suddenly the presumed frontrunner for the managerial vacancy in Philadelphia. Let us put Leyland’s record into perspective. He has an overall losing record in fourteen seasons of managing. His great successes came with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where his teams finished first three successive seasons (1990-1992), and with the Miami Rent-A-Championship-Team Marlins, World Series winners in 1997. The next season, when the rent came due, he was 54-108 with the Marlins.
I would take an unknown such as Terry Pendleton or John Russell over a guy who admitted to being burned out when he left the bench after the 1999 season as manager of the Colorado Rockies (where he also had a losing record).
For the last four years Leyland has been a scout for the Cardinals. He should stay there. Who knows, sooner or later there might be an opening there as well.
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