Jim Leyland Is Only 67: America Reacts
So today I realized/learned that Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is 67 years old. Seriously? Just 67? Look at this guy:
Stunned by my discovery, I did what any sane person would do: I expressed my shock and dismay to the approximately two dozen sad, lonely souls and spambots who follow me on Twitter.
Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Matt Klaassen (@devil_fingers) May 8, 2012
America’s response tells us something about something, I tell you what.
Kids, please don’t smoke. RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Jason Wojciechowski (@jlwoj) May 8, 2012
@jlwoj @devil_fingers but his kids/grandkids probably all have asthma :-(
— dianagram (@dianagram) May 8, 2012
@devil_fingers My favourite baseball curiosity of all time is that Cito Gaston is older than Jim Leyland.
— The Org Guy (@The_Org_Guy) May 8, 2012
@devil_fingers The amazing thing about that is that it means HE WAS IN HIS 40s with the Pirates in the early 90s.
— Pat Lackey (@whygavs) May 8, 2012
@devil_fingers Smoking is bad mmmkaayy.
— Dan Harris (@dapper1dan) May 8, 2012
Prematurely aged by Tattooine’s twin suns. RT @devil_fingers Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 8, 2012
Did you convert to Marlboro years? RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Bill Petti (@BillPetti) May 8, 2012
Need to check his birth certificate #notjustlatinplayers RT @mattmgardner: #How RT @devil_fingers Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Ron Melchior (@BigSonisher) May 8, 2012
Looks 87 thanks to first 28 games of 2012 RT @devil_fingers: Wait, Jim Leyland is only 67 years old?
— Josh Worn (@WalkoffWoodward) May 8, 2012
@jlwoj @devil_fingers Leyland also has a 20 year old son playing A ball for the Tigers. I assumed it was his GRANDson. Nope.
— Al Skorupa (@alskor) May 8, 2012
67, coincidentally, is the number of blown saves the Tigers will have this year.
You call him Jim Leyland. I call him Sparky Anderson for Generation X.
In a few days, we’re going to find out that he’s actually 28 and his real name is Fausto Carmona.
Jim Leyland got Van Slyk’d
Cito Gasto got Canadian Healthcare.
well played haha
Keyser Soze
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyser_S%C3%B6ze
But every day you spend in Detroit counts as three days of aging.
Y’all are trying hard
Poor Leyland. Dream job, attractive wife, makes millions, good family. What a loser.
This can’t possibly be true. I remember him managing Pittsburgh 20+ years ago as a kid and he seemed old. I figured he had to be pushing 80 if not older.
Manager aging curves?
1920-2011, 3 year buckets, min 3000 games managed per bucket:
Age wins/162
33 77
36 79
39 81
42 80
45 80
48 81
51 82
54 81
57 81
—-
60 85
63 85
66 88
Leyland is just hitting his prime– someone give him a big deal now!! :)
In this famous picture of Fidrych after one of his last wins (1980), a much younger Leyland (sitting next to his mom, to whom the Bird just gave the game ball) is the guy behind Fidrych with his arm raised. Leyland had managed Fidrych in the minors at a rehab stint.
http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=C4&Dato=20090413&Kategori=SPORTS02&Lopenr=904130803&Ref=PH&Item=1&MaxW=600&MaxH=450&border=0&Quality=100