Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland ... you're throwing hard on every pitch with maximum spin rate, giving maximum velocity, there are probably several issues involved," Leyland said.

"He took it pretty hard," Thomas Leyland remembers. Jim Leyland went back to work. Two years later, he won Manager of the Year again. This time, it was all his own. He thought of his father's words.

Former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. He managed for 22 seasons, won three Manager of the Year awards, the 1997 World Series ...