The big summer for former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland just got a little bit bigger. Ilitch Companies announced on Monday that the Tigers, owned by Christopher Ilitch, will retire Leyland's ...

Jim Leyland went back to work ... I suppose having his own children, he's very close to the kids; I suppose it changed his perspective." Leyland had finally made it, by anyone's definition.

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 ...