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I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

Jim Leyland

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Jim Leyland
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: December 15
Baseball Manager
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Perrysburg
Ohio
James Richard Jim Leyland
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