Word: leyland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Florida Marlins manager Jim Leyland quit his job last Friday because...
...pitching guys who don't belong here yet," Marlins manager Jim Leyland said. "But there's a big difference between not belonging here yet and not belonging here...
...develop youngsters," Leyland said. "I'll be glad to see them get better, but we're not going to be able to compete this year for a title...
...Florida Marlins In just their fifth year the Marlins proved that football isn't Florida's only big-time sport. Jim Leyland's club, led by pitchers Kevin Brown and Cuban refugee Livan Hernandez, beat the powerful Braves, then outlasted the Indians to win the World Series in an extra-inning thriller. Way to go, kids...
...After that? Likely a free-agent fire sale, followed by the departure of manager Jim Leyland, who spent too many years in Pittsburgh to ever play bargain-basement baseball again...