10-21-2013, 03:33 PM
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Jim Leyland resigns as Tigers manager but won't be leaving the team entirely.
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Originally Posted by ESPN
Jim Leyland won't return as manager of the Detroit Tigers next season, a decision he made on his own in September, when he met with Dave Dombrowski and told the team's general manager "it was time," Leyland said Monday morning during a news conference.
Leyland, 68, whose Tigers' season ended Saturday night after they lost Game 6 of AL Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox, said he would remain with the team in some capacity.
"I'm not totally retiring today, I just don't want to be in the dugout anymore," an emotional Leyland said.
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