Leyland to drop ceremonial puck
Like many Detroit fans, I tuned into FSN Detroit yesterday afternoon for the Detroit Tigers’ opening day game against Kansas City. Unfortunately, the Tigers blew a 3-2 lead in the seventh and lost the game 5-4 in the 11th inning. Despite that, it’s great to have baseball season start back up and that means the summer is near!
If you are a Tigers fan and aren’t already visiting the following blogs, you need to start visiting them because they provide great coverage of the Tigers and I rely on them heavily for my Tigers news. My favorites are Mack Avenue Tigers, The Detroit Tigers Weblog, and Bless You Boys.
And to tie this back to the Wings, Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland will actually be dropping the ceremonial puck before Thursday’s game according to Bruce MacLeod.
The Detroit Red Wings will hold a special ceremonial puck drop prior to their home game on Thursday, April 3rd as Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland will do the honors and drop the puck just prior to face-off between the Red Wings and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Leyland, currently in his third season as Manager of the Detroit Tigers, has guided the team to a 183-142 record during his tenure. He is the 36th Manager in Tigers history and a veteran of 43 years in professional baseball. Leyland was named Major League Manager of the year in 2006 by Baseball America, and American League Manager of the Year by both the BBWAA and The Sporting News after guiding the Tigers to their first playoff berth since 1987. Leyland won a World Series title in 1997 as the Manager of the Florida Marlins.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 12:15 am
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